More than 100 containerships are out of action due to scrubber retrofits and over 500 others are scheduled for retrofitting over the coming 12 months, according to data from Alphaliner.

The global containership fleet has passed the 23m teu in capacity mark as ultra-large newbuilds continue to be delivered.

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As much as 16% of the global containership fleet by vessel count and 35.7% in terms of capacity have been equipped with scrubbers as at end-May, seven months ahead of the implementation of the IMO 2020 regulation, according to Alphaliner data.

New carrier Djibouti Shipping Lines (DSL) plans to launch a container shuttle service in April connecting Djibouti to Berbera (Somaliland), according to Alphaliner. 

The idle containership fleet has continued to grow with over a 100,000 teu in capacity added in two weeks.

Zim lost substantially less through impairments for cancelling boxship newbuildings ordered at the top of the market than it would have taking delivery of the ships according Alphaliner.