News / Containership scrapping ramps up, as panamax values continue in the doldrums

21/12/2016

Two hundred and one containerships and just under 700,000 container slots have been scrapped this year.

According to Braemar ACM, by 20 December, 699,000 teu of capacity had been sent for demolition. This compares with 187,500 teu in the whole of 2015.

The London shipbroker added that 32 ...

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