News / 'Opportunist' charters like DSV's will help boost embattled MPV market

Feeders ships are expected to get boxes into smaller UK ports © Joseph Golby

The acute shortage of open cellular containerships has helped to boost the embattled multipurpose vessel  (MPV) charter market.

Ocean carriers, feeder operators and now major forwarders, looking to mitigate the impact of a dearth of available containerships and a capacity crunch, are in the market to charter “container-friendly” MPVs.

The Loadstar reported yesterday on DSV’s “extraordinary” move to independently charter three MPV vessels of some 19-28,000 dwt, capable of carrying up to 1,200 teu for single trips from Shanghai to Aarhus, departing ...