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Container lines still chartering ships despite drop in cargo demand

1 March 2023

chart showing container ship lessors stocks

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With import demand flagging, freight rates falling, the container ship orderbook at record highs and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/container-lines-still-chartering-ships-despite-demand-slump

Las compañías de contenedores siguen fletando buques pese a la caída de la demanda de carga

1 March 2023

Con la caída de la demanda de importaciones, el descenso de los fletes, la cartera de pedidos de portacontenedores en máximos históricos y los transportadores marítimos cancelando viajes, podría pensarse que nadie va a fletar más buques. De hecho, el mercado de fletamento de portacontenedores dista mucho de estar muerto.

Las tarifas de flete están muy lejos de sus máximos. Atrás quedaron los días en que un portacontenedores pequeño podía ganar 200.000 dólares al día durante tres meses, o un buqu...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/las-companias-de-contenedores-siguen-fletando-buques-pese-a-la-caida-de-la-demanda-de-carga

Inflation alert: Container ship owners see boom through 2022

13 October 2021

Unprecedented demand for container ships will not end anytime soon, according to executives of companies that rent vessels to ocean carriers. Their overwhelming confidence is yet another ominous sign for beleaguered cargo shippers — and another signal that inflation could persist.

Managers of container-ship leasing companies (so-called tonnage providers) spoke during Capital Link’s New York Maritime Forum on Wednesday. Execs on panels are notorious for “talking their book” — product-tanker...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/inflation-alert-container-ship-owners-see-boom-through-2022

More container ships score ‘astronomical’ $100,000/day rates

24 June 2021

Multi-month container-ship charters continue to be signed at jaw-dropping rates above $100,000 per day. The market is getting even tighter, pushing charter rates and durations higher still. Even so, there’s something to be said for shipowners taking a few chips off the table — and some are. To quote American financier Bernard Baruch: “I made my money by selling too soon.”

The historic strength in the container-ship chartering market and how this boom could eventually end were discussed by...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/more-container-ships-score-astronomical-100000day-rates