News / Drewry questions viability of ultra-large container vessels, as carriers focus on cost-cutting

04/04/2016

If losses continue and ocean carriers persist in focusing only on reducing costs rather than improving revenue per teu, the container liner industry “could get very ugly” in the second half of the year, said Drewry today.

Most carriers operated in the red in the final quarter ...

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