News / More service cuts announced as fleet of idle containerships hits record level

16/03/2016

Idled global container capacity has reached a record high of 1.57m teu, according to the latest data from Alphaliner.

And one-third of the laid-up tonnage consists of unemployed containerships of 7,500-19,000 teu.

The 352 laid-up ships, as of 11 March, account for 7.8% of the global container vessel ...

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