2024 has been turned out to be a highly profitable year for charter owners with
the Linerlytica charter rate index up 160% year over year at the end of
December. The 4,200 teu panamax segment registered the largest gains over the
last 12 months, with a YoY gain of 211%. Although demand has been very strong
for all ship sizes of over 4,000 teu, there were limited numbers of open ships
in the larger segments above 5,000 teu that were available to take advantage of
the increased demand. The longer