Hapag-Lloyd has delayed its 23,000 teu newbuild plans as the liner faces up to the realities of plummeting demand for container transport due to coronavirus, reports Splash247.
Giant boxship orders on holdHapag-Lloyd had been expected earlier this year to join MSC, CMA CGM and HMM in ordering six giant boxships. But, CEO Rolf Habben Jansen recently said that the plans were put on hold.
Habben Jansen said, “We will need the big ships sooner or later, but no one should expect such an order in the...
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