Container

Second-hand sales continued to plummet in 2023

However, the current crisis in the Middle East could reduce shipping companies’ risk of overcapacity and revitalize a very quiet second-hand market for container ships, according to analysts.
MSC knocked Maersk off the top spot as the world's largest shipping company after a number of ship acquisitions in 2020 and 2021. | Photo: Aaron Jackson/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
MSC knocked Maersk off the top spot as the world's largest shipping company after a number of ship acquisitions in 2020 and 2021. | Photo: Aaron Jackson/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
by JENS THOMSEN

Efter a red-hot market for used container ships in 2021, where there were buyers for everything that could float, trade dropped sharply in 2022 - and this trend continued last year.

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