The long-suffering container carriers are quick to announce when pulling out ships of Asia-Europe as a result of a weak demand and low freight rates. However, this is not the case when carriers deploy new and bigger ships instead of the existing capacity, SeaIntel writes in this week’s Sunday Spotlight.
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