Global container capacity will increase by 5.6% in 2018
Alphaliner said that this year’s new container shipping capacity will reach 1.49 million TEU and 350,000 TEU scrap this year, so container fleet capacity will increase by 5.6% this year. After a modest rebalancing of supply and demand in 2017, the sheer volume of new ship deliveries this year poses a challenge for ship owners






