The often-forgotten conro fleet finds itself flavour of the month with charterers clamouring to secure space to move cars.
Large conros with dedicated car decks and generous high and heavy (H&H) garage space are being chased by pure car truck carrier (PCTC) operators desperate to find more capacity, VesselsValue has revealed.
Most of these ships can transport up to 2,500 cars per voyage, in addition to H&H, container and project cargoes, proving an attractive solution when PCTC supply has run dry, head of vehicle carriers and ro-ros Daniel Nash said.
