So far this year, the fleet and market demand has developed in line with our previous expectations. Recently, time charter rates and freight rates for Chinese exports have, however, shown some upward momentum that we did not expect. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) covering export spo... Please follow the link to continue reading.
We forecast that the average monthly fleet will grow 10.1% in 2024 and another 6.7% in 2025. Due to the longer sailing distances around the Cape of Good Hope, average sailing speeds have increased during 2024, and ship supply is therefore growing faster than the fleet. In 2025, our base scenario... Please follow the link to continue reading.
We have made a minor change to our fleet forecast, as ship recycling has got off to a slower than expected start in 2023. This has changed our fleet growth forecast to 7.3% and 8.0% for 2023 and 2024 respectively. We expect the fleet to end 2024 with 29.8 million TEU after a total of 4.9 million ... Please follow the link to continue reading.
We forecast that the fleet will have grown 9.6% YoY by the end of 2024 and another 5.5% YoY by the end of 2025. During the three year period from 2023 to 2025, the fleet will therefore expand by 25%, the fastest rate of growth since the three years from 2011 to 2013. The continuing diversion away f... Please follow the link to continue reading.
