Credit crunch hits box ships

Over 200 container ships are likely to be laid up next year as charter ship owners and ocean carriers adjust to weakening cargo demand, plunging freight and vessel hire rates, and an influx of new ships onto key liner trade routes. Some 165 container vessels totalling 430,000 TEUs capacity were ...

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