News / There's a 'window of opportunity” for container lines to delay newbuild deliveries

27/02/2017

Container lines should follow the example of Maersk Line and negotiate deferring new vessel deliveries.

Analyst Drewry says that with 1.6m teu of newbuild capacity scheduled for delivery this year, it would help counter the industry’s chronic over-tonnage.

“To ensure that the nascent recovery of the market is not scuppered, carriers ...

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