News / Container manufacturers tell customers they are ‘sold out’ until mid-October

Drewry says it expects 2024 to be the second-highest year on record for dry freight container production, with manufacturers reporting full orderbooks.

Ocean carriers and container leasing companies have booked every available production slot until mid-October at Chinese manufacturers after second-quarter deliveries hit an all-time high and July output of dry freight and reefer containers exceeded 850,000 teu.

Driven by the longer transit times of liner services due to the Red Sea crisis – which requires ...