SeaIntel: Container carriers on their way out of the slump

Dramatic growth in the global demand over March and April for the hard-pressed container carriers shows that the bottom has been reached. But the climb upwards will be long and hard, projects SeaIntel.
Photo: Modelfoto/Colourbox
Photo: Modelfoto/Colourbox
BY OLE ANDERSEN

The container market likely bottomed out at the end of 2015 and in the first few months of 2016, but it will be a long journey back to profitable rate levels, projects SeaIntel in an analysis on the basis of the latest figures from Container Trade Statistics (CTS).

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