Idle ships with capacities larger than 7,500 teu have fallen to 31, down from 51 in early December, as carriers temporarily reactivated void sailing programmes on the Asia-Europe and transpacific trades.
Maersk Line chartered the 8,500-teu Northern Jubilee (built 2009) at an unreported rate, while three 8,814-teu sisters are said to have been fixed to Wan Hai Lines for 12 months.
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