COMMENTARY: Who says big ships are only for Asia-Europe?

Central America

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The liner carriers China Shipping, UASC, and CMA CGM took a bold step into the unknown last week. The lines announced they will deploy ships of between 12,500 and 14,000 TEUs on a loop between the Far East and Middle East, in effect merging two similar existing services operated with smaller ships into one. When the loop starts in early February, it will be the first service operated with ships of that size to not touch European ports. In essence, it will be a ...

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