Container ship operators' decision to save costs by reducing service speed will have a significant impact on the retail sector, especially on stock flow and availability of working capital.rnMaersk Line, CMA CGM and others have cut speed from 26kt to 14kt for their largest and fastest ships. In principle, this will have a huge impact on schedules. At 26kt a vessel covers the 10,400 miles from Shanghai to Rotterdam at 16.6 days; at 14kt the passage is almost 31 days. Both figures assume constant speed throughout the voyage andrnno port calls en route.
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