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Shipping industry suffering from oversupply of containers

China Daily | Updated: 2011-10-20 07:53

Shipping industry suffering from oversupply of containers

Ships on the world's two busiest trade routes, Asia to Northern Europe and Asia to the Americas, are only about 85 percent full at the moment. Eric Taylor / Bloomberg

COPENHAGEN / OSLO - The container industry may be facing half a decade of oversupply that will curb freight rates as shipping lines launch vessels into a global trade slowdown.

Shipping industry suffering from oversupply of containers

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