THE container shipping segment started its latest wave of rapid growth in the past few years as carriers moved to order larger vessels to meet capacity demands

Despite the plague of the past few years of tonnage oversupply in the market for tankers, ship owners are bound to find it hard to resist the attractive case of placing more newbuilding orders. Low prices, combined with financing availability, as well as a lack of modern secondhand tonnage, form a combination which could very well lead towards an increase of the tanker orderbook