News International container traffic from "Marine-Trans Ltd"

Leaders of international container shipping goods are reducing their services

March 25, 2009.

Agency AXS-Alphaliner reports that on 2 March 2007 from leaders of container transport deducts vessels carrying containers amounted to more than 450 units, that the 20-foot equivalent is 1,350 million. TEU is almost 11% of the world fleet carriers maritime containers. Actual downtime vessels more than twice the rate of 1986 that resulted crisis to bankrupt US lines, when the company was completely stopped container fleet of the company.

The structure of the unemployed in the carriage of goods by sea vessel carrier containers: capacity of 1,000 to 2,000 TEU-123 vessel from 2000 to 3000 TEU — 77 vessel, 3000-5000 TEU — 89 container ships, 5000-7,500 TEU — 58 ships, 7,500-10000 TEU — 23 sea carriers containers.

Of that total ships 220 with summary downloading 320000 TEU are Charter traffic, and the remaining (with the General downloading more than 1 million TEU) 233 vessel — in managing line carriers.

Lloyd ’ s Maritime intelligence unit passes that almost 9% of the world fleet container ships already removed services, with 2/3 of them this Court small download, demand for which, according to brokers, severely limited.