Container counterfactuals: spot market vs time-charters
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South Korean intra-Asia carrier Sinokor Merchant Marine and subsidiary Heung-A Line will launch more “extra loader” services between South Korea and Indonesia.
The move is in response to heightened demand amid the traditional peak season for the intra-Asia trades.
Sinokor’s 1,471 teu Ocean Probe (pictured above) is due to arrive in Jakarta on Monday, in the wake of the 1,118 teu Sendai Trader, one of Sinokor’s owned ships, sent to Indonesia on 7 November.
These sailings come less than a month after the ...
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