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Most container shipping lines have posted much improved results in the third quarter of 2017, driven by higher demand, Alphaliner has reported in its analysis. It highlighted that this was their best showing since the first quarter of 2015.
For the 11 carriers that reported Q3 results, the average operating margin was 5 per cent, compared to 2.8 per cent in the second quarter of this year and -7.8 per cent in the third quarter of 2016, Alphaliner said.
Meanwhile, Drewry’s Container Forecaster has projected that loaded box shipments will cross 200 million TEUs for the first time ever in 2017.
World loaded container traffic is calculated as total port throughput minus transhipment and empties, divided in two to account for double-counting
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