它们是仍留在珠江三角洲的少数几艘帆船中的三艘，木制帆船在很久以前就被更结实的没有帆的木制渔船、快艇和巨大的集装箱船取代了。
They are three of only a handful of junks that remain in the delta, replaced long ago by stouter wooden fishing vessels without sails, speedboats and huge container ships.
近几个月来运价暴跌，原因是需求减弱及集装箱货轮供过于求；这些船中许多是在2008年以前人们比较乐观的年月里采购的。
Freight rates have plummeted in recent months, thanks to weakening demand and an oversupply of container ships, many of them ordered in the optimistic years before 2008.
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