Container fleet growth slows to lowest level
Container fleet growth slows to lowest level
The lowest fleet growth on record will not stop the containership fleet breaking through the 20 million TEU mark this year, according to analysis from Bimco. The shipping association said the fleet would grow only 3.4% in 2016 with an estimated net addition of 0.68 million TEU of capacity. This should see the 20m TEU milestone reached in June, Bimco calculates. Over the last decade, th