Specialists raise bar in flexibility as well as capacity

摘要

Global expansion of the automotive industry and changing sourcing patterns, fostering an increasingly diverse international trading framework, underpin the current dynamic period ot fleet and service development by vehicle canier operators. 1 he drive for greater economies ot scale has been accompanied and to some extent abetted by the construction of wider locks accessing the Panama Canal, resulting in a new generation of post-Panamax pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs), although the length limitation of 200m at main Japanese loading ports remains a key determinant of newbuild specifications.