Boxship charters could get a real boost from the US east coast’s biggest port strike in half a century, a perfect storm in which idle tonnage remains below even Covid levels.
Data from an Alphaliner survey conducted at the end of September indicated that just 56 ships, boasting a combined capacity of less than 200,000 teu and equivalent to just 0.6% of the total global fleet, are commercially idle.
However, Alphaliner said …
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