French carrier CMA CGM is reportedly paying $80,000 a day to charter one of TS Lines’ newly built 7,000 teu ships for three months.
The fixture of the TS Dubai, recently delivered from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, set a new rate benchmark – in normal times, it would command half that rate, for a longer period.
Observers suggest that more small and mid-size operators are becoming tonnage providers to the mainline operators, as …
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