Financial Times Article Rating

Shipowners switch to smaller vessels as world trade fragments

Jan 02, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -14% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    4% Positive

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47% : The rerouting of global trade from China to ports elsewhere in Asia is leading shipowners to move on from the era of ordering ever-larger vessels and switch to smaller crafts instead.
44% : The shift follows decades of shipowners ordering ever-larger vessels as global trade boomed -- a trend that came to widespread attention when the 220,000-tonne, 20,000-TEU Ever Given ship ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for six days in 2021.

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