Idle Tonnage Fleet Set To Soar Next Year As Charter Rates Tumble

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  • Euroseas Shipping, a Greece-based non-operating owner (NOO), acquired the ship for just $10m in December 2019
  • When the freight market went sharply into reverse, average daily hire rates for panamax containerships slumped to about $20,000 a day.
  • With ocean carriers starting to lay-up their chartered-in vessels, Synergy Oakland has been ‘awaiting orders’ at anchor off Ningbo since 19 December.

Just 12 months ago, the 2009-built 4,253 teu Synergy Oakland was...

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