Container shipowners under severe pressure in 2016
2015 was a tough year for companies such as Seaspan and Rickmers, which make a living leasing container vessels to the carriers. Combined, the seven listed container ship lessors lost 48 percent of their market value last year, as profits took a hit from the drastic rate declines, and there was a dive in the value of vessels in resales, writes the news agency Alphaliner.
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