
Container carriers are looking toward the intra-Asian routes in order to find employment for their many "surplus" Panamax ships in the 4,000-5,000 teu range, which are replacing the much smaller 1,700 - 2,800 teu vessels.
While the bigger ships and bigger volumes enable the carriers to spread their fuel expenses across a higher number of containers, they find themselves limited by size in numerous Asian ports due to the ships' draft, while the bigger volumes result in longer port stays, says Alphaliner.
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