THE BLEAK GETS BLEAKER

摘要

The summer of 2016 was not a happy one for shipowners exposed to the containership charter market, as overcapacity and lower-than-expected demand continued to plague a thoroughly depressed market sinking rates to new Lows. With the European summer now nearing its end and the nights drawing in, this gloomy environment is quite apt for what looks set to be a very bleak low season.