Notwithstanding the start of the winter slack season the container charter market remains robust, buoyed by a shortage of tonnage caused by the substantial number of ships taken out of service for scrubber retrofitting.
According to Alphaliner data, there are 44 containerships, for a total capacity of 436,000 teu, in dry dock for the installation of exhaust gas cleaning systems.
These will enable the vessels to continue to bunker with cheaper HFO …

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