Boxship orderbook points to looming capacity showdown

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Container shipping’s extraordinary newbuilding binge has reached a point where several carriers now have more ships on order than they have in their entire existing fleets. Shipping analyst Lars Jensen, who runs Vespucci Maritime, highlighted five operators in Alphaliner’s top 100 where the orderbook exceeds the current fleet: Regional Container Lines at 157%, Zhonggu Logistics …

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