World reefer fleet 1997: reduced demand for reefer tonnage./ Flotte frigorifique mondiale 1997 : demande atténuée pour les transports frigorifiques maritimes.

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Summary

Demand for refrigerated transport by sea is currently growing at something like 1.5-2 million tons per year. In 1997, 23 new reefers totalling 214,000 m3 were put into service. The new-orders list for 1998 shows a total of 30 reefers with about 368,000 m3, and the 1999 list about 22 ships totalling some 340,000 m3. Annual charter rates are particularly good long-term planning indicators. These rates rise and fall in a four to seven-year cycle according to supply and demand. An upcurve starting in 1994 turned down again in 1998. The rising rates of recent years fuelled the present building boom.

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Original title: World reefer fleet 1997: reduced demand for reefer tonnage./ Flotte frigorifique mondiale 1997 : demande atténuée pour les transports frigorifiques maritimes.
Record ID : 2000-1009
Languages: English
Source: Fruit World int. - vol. 57 - n. 3
Publication date: 1998
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Themes: Marine transport
Keywords: Food; Ship; Sea transport; Refrigerated transport; World; Fruit