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The containership orderbook ratio now stands at just over 4m teu, or 27% of the active fleet, after a rush of new commissions in the past week.
Most notably, Maersk Line confirmed this week that it had ordered 20 ships, comprising six 17,000 teu units and two 9,000 teu units at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, and six 15,000 teu units each at Hanwha Ocean and New Times Shipbuilding. These vessels will be LNG-propelled.
VesselsValue estimates that the 17,000 ...
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