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The continuing cost-per-slot supremacy of ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) was called into question by speakers at last week’s TOC Container Supply Chain event in Hamburg.

With bunker prices still at low ebb, and daily charter rates at some of the lowest levels seen for many years, ...

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