Fleet size creeps up as scrapping slows

摘要

AS 2017 draws to a close, the container shipping sector can Look back on a year of relative calm after the storms of 2015-2016. As third-quarter results have shown, box shipping is starting to recover. Although freight rates remain stubbornly low on many trades, increasing volumes from growing world trade have lifted all ships, and through mergers, acquisitions and collapse, there are fewer carriers around to share the spoils, meaning each gets a larger slice of the pie.