Drewry: Panama expansion could shock container market

Container carriers' continuing cascading of larger Panamax vessels of 4,000 to 4,999 teu to the North-South trades continues to contribute to the overcapacity, and the situation could become significantly worse when the expanded Panama Canal, according to plan, opens in 2015, as this would make even more Panamax ships superfluous, says analysts Drewry.
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