News / Vessels for charter 'as rare as hens' teeth' – and with daily rates to match

’A perfect storm’ of ships being taken out of service for scrubber installation and a dearth of new tonnage in all but the very biggest of container vessels has resulted in brokers reporting panamax and other smaller sectors as ‘sold out’.

Charterers are now very much on the back foot and several ocean carriers at any one time can be chasing a suitable vessel that appears ‘open’ on their screens.

One London broker told The Loadstar today that finding panamax vessels was ...