News / Containership supply tight, but carrier clout brings charter rates back down

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07/06/2017

Despite a limited supply in several sectors, daily hire charter rates for container vessels are again heading south.

In its latest charter market review, Alphaliner reports that the “flurry of activity” associated with the April launch of the new east-west ocean carrier alliances “has mostly subsided”, ...

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