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The containership demolition market is set to rebound this year as owners weed out the oldest and dirtiest vessels from their fleets ahead of the IMO 2020 low-sulphur regulations.

According to London shipbroker Braemar ACM, 10 container vessels have been scrapped so far in 2019, compared with just one ship at the same time a year ago, and a total of only 54 container vessels that were sent to the breakers yards in the full 12-month period.

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