Where will the freighters go as capacity shifts from tariff-hit China-US lane?
Cargo airlines are scrabbling to find new markets as capacity becomes available following the end ...
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By Mike Wackett
The capacity of the global liner fleet now stands at over 20m teu, up one million teu since the beginning of the year, reflecting the delivery of 152 new ships.
They iclude 21 mega-vessels of 15,000 teu and above and, according to Alphaliner, this exponential growth in container capacity has set a new record for the shortest time taken to add 1m teu to the liner fleet.
There are now 6,070 ships active on liner trades, advises the consultant, including 5,139 fully ...
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