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摘要

For the second consecutive month, all container ship types tracked by the ConTex market barometer achieved slight rate improvements in the spot market. Even the gearless sub panamax andpanamaxships of 2,700 to 4,300 TEU have notched up some improvements as the depressed rate levels in these segments apparently encouraged more operators to add such tonnage. Owners are still confronted with grave imbalances though, as any gains for these charter segments are limited to the Asian-Pacific market with its ready supply of export cargoes. Panamax ships have seen rates recover to over 9,000 $ and even 10,000 $ per day in some special cases in Asia but in the Atlantic the same vessels would have to settle for as low as 6,000 $ to gain some meaningful period employment. Owners now have two months left to push rates up as far as they can before chartering activity is expected to slow down for the typical summer lull.%Der Aufwärtstrend am Zeitchartermarkt für Containerschiffe hat im April an Breite gewonnen, wenn auch nur mit geringfügigen Verbesserungen in vielen Größenklassen. Die erneute Frachtenbaisse in den Linienverkehren könnte den Tonnaqeappetit der Befrachter aber wieder drosseln, wird befürchtet.