The number of “idle ships” – ships not used for commercial operations – has increased from 238 vessels (with a combined capacity of about 900,000 TEU) in November last year to 435 ships (aggregating 1.7 million TEU) in early November of this year, according to Drewry.

Parked in various harbors around the world and awaiting operations, these ships currently account for about 9% of the global containership fleet. At the beginning of last year, the idle fleet was just 2.5%.

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