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Newbuildings and cascaded vessels will make things difficult for operators in negotiations

Freight market optimism has been torpedoed by worries over strength of demand as the rhetoric of a trade war between the US and China ratchets up

Owner adds modern neo-panamax and wide-beam vessels

“Imperative” that carriers curb their appetite for newbuildings, or face continued “margin-crushing” scenario.

Alphaliner says investors are anxious about $6.3bn CoscoCS deal against background of US-China trade war.