News / Becalmed container lines eye project cargo as an alternative revenue stream

Project logistics and out-of-gauge cargo are the latest specialist shipping targets of container lines looking for alternative revenue streams.

With standard dry container volumes showing flat growth, and low freight rates an increasingly perennial feature of the industry, box carriers are looking to expanding into the more profitable area of out-of-gauge and heavylift cargo.

The move would be similar to their attack on the perishables sector, which began two decades ago and has led to an huge decline in the conventional reefer shipping ...