Alphaliner: Scrapping to secure container carriers in 2017

It will largely be the carriers' ability to idle vessels, postpone deliveries, and maintain the number of scrapped vessels, which will decide the economy of the container industry in 2017, according to Alphaliner, which questions Maersk Line's optimism for the market.
Photo: Louise Vogdrup-Schmidt
Photo: Louise Vogdrup-Schmidt

Maersk Line's optimism regarding the market development in 2017 was just as remarkable as the combined deficit at Maersk Group was large, when the conglomerate presented its annual report last week.

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