Few ships and many cars send car carriers' profits skyward

Gram Car Carriers, Höegh Autoliners and Wallenius Wilhelmsen are benefiting from a red-hot market for sea transportation of new cars. Research house Clarksons questions the duration of the upturn.
Clarksons suggests that the squeeze on shipping capacity could end soon. As early as 2024 and onward, there will be a wave of new car carriers that "could boost fleet growth to 10 percent by 2025." | Photo: Pr/höegh Autoliners
Clarksons suggests that the squeeze on shipping capacity could end soon. As early as 2024 and onward, there will be a wave of new car carriers that "could boost fleet growth to 10 percent by 2025." | Photo: Pr/höegh Autoliners

Too few ships for transportation and too many new cars heading to hungry export markets have created a red-hot market for car shipping companies, and this is reflected in earnings and share price increases, Clarksons writes in its recent ”Shipping Weekly” analysis.

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