28 Container Ships Remain Impacted by Middle East Conflict
TheMiddle Eastconflict continues to impact container shipping, with at least28 vesselsstill affected by the security situation, according to sector specialistAlphaliner. As ofJuly 13, the ships had a combined. . .
TheMiddle Eastconflict continues to impact container shipping, with at least28 vesselsstill affected by the security situation, according to sector specialistAlphaliner. As ofJuly 13, the ships had a combined capacity of about160,000 TEUs, it said in an emailed report today. They include vessels sheltering from the conflict as well as ships diverted for operational reasons. The total is down by around55,000 TEUsfrom Alphaliner's previous estimate two weeks earlier, as some vessels previously stranded in the region have managed to resume their voyages. Alphaliner cautioned that the actual figure may vary, as widespread AIS spoofing and signal deactivation in the region continue to make vessel tracking difficult. Although the vessels are not classified as commercially idle, they remain unavailable for commercial service, further tightening an already constrained container shipping market. Alphaliner's latest survey identified76commercially idle container ships with a combined capacity of around197,000 TEUs, equivalent to just0. 6%of the global container fleet of34 million TEUs. “Large ships remain in particularly tight supply, with only a single vessel above 18,000 TEU recorded as idle, Alphaliner said. “This, however, only reflected a brief wait for an upcoming service assignment and the ship is expected to drop out of the count in the next survey. ”Ship & Bunker News TeamTo contact the editor responsible for this story email us at[email protected]