Container lines get creative to keep idle fleet ‘artificially’ low

Slumping demand leads operators to resort to inventive capacity management

Vessels taking the detour around the Cape of Good Hope include the Al Nefud. — Vessels taking the detour around the Cape of Good Hope include the Al Nefud.Photo: Heinz-Joachim Hettchen/Hapag-Lloyd

Ian Lewis

Published 30 December 2022, 10:27Updated 3 January 2023, 10:10

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