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Top-heavy growth in container tonnage sparks overcapacity concerns

The number of containerships sold for scrap has slowed dramatically as shipowners in the smaller sectors take full advantage of a rejuvenated charter market and reactivate mothballed tonnage. According to Alphaliner, ...

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Recommends / China's environment ministry to 'encourage' more recycling

Intrinsically connected to the ban on imported paper, cardboard and plastic scrap products in China, ...

On the scrap-heap The recycling business

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News / No box trade supply-demand balance until end 2019, says Alphaliner

Recent forecasts from ocean carriers that a supply-demand equilibrium will be reached next year are “optimistic”, ...

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News / Maersk Line targets 3% growth as next-generation Triple-Es start to arrive

To coincide with the delivery of the first of a series of eleven 20,568 teu second-generation ...

Maersk On the scrap-heap scrapping The ULCV knock-on effect

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News / Surging steel price boosts scrap value of redundant containerships

A sharp increase in steel prices has prompted a new wave of vessel scrapping, bringing ...

On the scrap-heap Panama scrapping Steel The end of the Panamax

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News / Another 100+ panamax box ships must be scrapped to boost charter rates

At least 100 panamax-class containerships need to be scrapped if owners are to see charter ...

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Recommends / New record for youngest containership to be scrapped

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On the scrap-heap Rickmers Maritime Trust The end of the Panamax

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News / Troubled Rickmers denies scrapping seven-year-old box ship as charter market stays soft

Troubled non-operating container shipowner Rickmers Maritime Trust today denied it had scrapped a seven-year-old panamax containership. Reports ...

On the scrap-heap Playing the asset game Rickmers Maritime Trust

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News / Shipowners reject bid to force EU ship-scrapping rules on the global fleet

The introduction of ship recycling licences for all vessels calling at EU ports has been ...

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News / Ship scrapping set to hit record level this year as more panamaxes become redundant

Ship scrapping appears set to hit record levels this year, according to shipbroker and services firm ...

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News / Maersk says EC should be 'more realistic' in its guidelines for greener ship scrapping

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