Carriers

Carriers could return a lot of ships to vessel owners

According to analysts SeaIntel, container vessel owners, chartering ships to the shipping companies, will find a large number of ships returned to them as new ultra large ships are inserted.
Photo: Maersk Line
Photo: Maersk Line
BY OLE ANDERSEN

If the world's 20 largest carriers follow the example of Singaporean APL and China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL), the world's 8th and 9th largest carrier, respectively, and opt to return chartered tonnage to non-operating owners, these owners would receive tonnage for a total of 725,000 teu, according to an analysis performed by SeaIntel, published in the analyst agency's weekly newsletter, Sunday Spotlight.

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