Ultra large box ships and the distorted shipping cycle
Received wisdom – are the wheels coming off?
Sluggish growth, combined with the delivery of more ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) in the past month, has widened the gap between supply and demand.
According to Alphaliner data, 1.21m teu of new container tonnage hit the water in the first 10 months of this year, of ...
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