毫无疑问,2016年是全球航运业异常艰难的一年。航运业运力过剩状况仍未缓解,运价下跌严重。尽管全行业都在控制运力,但新船订单量巨大带来的过剩运力在未来两年仍难以消化。正如马士基中国有限公司董事长、马士基集团北亚区首席代表施敏夫(Tim Smith)在2016年11月28日举行的“上海航运交易论坛”上说的那样:“2016年航运业所面临的局势是过去几年情况的 There is no doubt that 2016 is an extremely difficult year for the global shipping industry. Overcapacity in the shipping industry has not been alleviated and the freight rate has dropped significantly. Although the entire industry is controlling capacity, the excess capacity brought by the huge orders of new vessels is still hard to digest in the next two years. As Tim Smith, Chairman of Maersk China Limited and Chief Representative of North Asia, Maersk Group, said at the ”Shanghai Shipping Forum“ held on November 28, 2016: ”The shipping industry in 2016 The situation we have faced in the past few years