Millions of empty containers will pile up once hectic market subsides

Delays on the container market have entailed an even larger influx of boxes from carriers. There will be an excess once the market ”normalizes” at some point, writes Sea-Intelligence.
Photo: Satish Kumar/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Satish Kumar/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

Once the busy container market normalizes and sees lower demand, fewer delays and less congestion at ports, supply chains may end up drowning in millions of empty containers, concludes Sea-Intelligence upon calculating the consequences of an impending recovery.

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