Maersk paying $100,000 a day to charter scarce post-panamax box ships
Maersk Line is being forced to pay a premium to secure scarce chartered tonnage for ...
By Mike Wackett
Owners of smaller containerships, with limited exposure to the volatile deepsea east-west trades, are enjoying increases in daily hire rates and enquiries for time extensions.
According to the latest Alphaliner report. the container charter market is “evolving in a split way”, with vessels of 3,000 teu and under “enjoying brisk demand with an improving outlook”.
It says: “Smaller ships of 1,000-3,000 teu, which focus on regional or feeder routes have been enjoying improving conditions, with steadily rising demand, a falling supply and slowly improving ...
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Itsik
May 17, 2018 at 5:12 amHi
My name is Itsik Shaul from Nito tech Ltd Israel. I’m interesting to rent a small ship (capacity of 10-15 containers ) that will perform a round trip from Mersin port
To Israel port. We need the service start immediately for few months
Thanks
Itsik Shaul
Nito Tech ltd