Opinion: Carriers are preparing for looming overcapacity

Capacity on the container market will increase by 10 percent in 2023 and 2024, but carriers may already have come up with a way to – partly – deal with the high number of new ships.
Photo: Magnus Møller
Photo: Magnus Møller
by LARS JENSEN, analyst and founder of VESPUCCI MARITIME

The container shipping order book appears menacingly large as the market faces 10 percent capacity injection in both 2023 and 2024. 

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