PUBLISHER: Splash247 (splash247.com)
Car carriers are, like their peers in containers and LNG, enjoying record rates this year, having accelerated very fast from the nadir experienced at the start of the pandemic.
From a low of $10,000 a day in mid-2020, the guideline one-year charter rate for a 6,500 ceu car carrier soared to an all-time high of $55,000 per day last month, according to data from Clarksons Research Services. By comparison, it took over six years for rates to climb from $20,000 a day to over $50,000 a day in the 2002 to 2008 boom.