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17 August 2026

Box port delays knock out nearly an Evergreen-sized fleet

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Box port delays knock out nearly an Evergreen-sized fleet

Persistent port congestion is effectively removing around 1. 7m teu of containership capacity from the global market, an amount approaching the size of Evergreen’s entire fleet, according to new analysis from Sea-Intelligence. The Copenhagen-based consultancy said its latest Global Liner Performance report shows little sign that liner schedule reliability is improving, with June 2026 performance continuing …

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