Sales and purchases of container ships halved to 950,300 TEUs in 2022 as freight levels began normalising, according to Alphaliner’s latest report released today (11 January).
The scale of ship sales in the previous year was similar to levels seen in pre-Covid years.
Alphaliner noted that 295 boxships were sold in 2022, down 49% from 2021 and capacity-wise, representing a 53% drop from the record 2.04 million TEUs that changed hands in 2021. That said, MSC, which dethroned Maersk Line as the...
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