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Container ship order book hits new record high with 11.8m TEU on order

freight_commodity_indices UTC: 2026-03-11 22:00:49

“Despite increasing trade policy uncertainty and falling freight rates, the container ship order book has continued to expand. It now totals more than 1,350 ships with a combined capacity of 11.8m TEU,” says Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO. In 2025, global ave...

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