News / Hanjin payment defaults add to charter rate misery in a depressed sector

29/09/2016

Containership charter rates are stubbornly stuck at historically low levels across most sizes against a backdrop of weak demand, with brokers this week describing fixing activity as “very subdued”.

In addition, the sudden collapse of Hanjin Shipping at the end of August added to industry woes, ...

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