Drewry Maritime Research, in conjunction with Sextant Consultancy, have just published their latest Annual Reefer Shipping Market Review and Forecast 2015/16.
The report has an updated layout and more-detailed analyses of the reefer containership industry – including data on the top 20 containership operators’ fleet sizes and, new for 2015/16, data on the top six containership operators’ new building orders. Overall, it highlights worldwide perishable reefer trade growth of almost 56 million tonnes between 2004 and 2014 and a seaborne cargo growth averaging 3.5% CAGR over this period.
Also new for 2015/16 are charts showing the key bi-lateral worldwide trades 2012, 2013 and 2014 for each of the six major commodity groups.
With a detailed review of demand (cargo flows) and supply (reefer containerships and specialised reefers), the report also looks at modal split – now and in the future. It provides a summary of the top six operators for each mode of transport as well as a detailed review of the overall market.
The report offers an in-depth analysis of the industry – both reefer containerships and specialised reefers.
A summary of report content is provided below, but for a more detailed overview of this report and its complete table of contents, please visit our website.
Key areas covered:
- Demand – Containerised reefer traffic review, major commodity trade analyses, modal split
- Supply – Reefer containership fleet analysis, specialised reefer fleet analysis
- Operators – Top 6 reefer containership operators, top 6 specialised reefer operators
- Market review – Historic and forecast
