CLARKSON Research Services in its latest weekly report carries news of a bumper set of orders in Asia by Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world's largest container line, according to Colchester's Seatrade Maritime News.
Clarksons is reporting Soren Toft-led msc has ordered fourteen 8,000 TEU LNG capable box ships at Chinese yard New Times Shipbuilding and a further six 7,900 TEU units at South Korea's HD Hyundai, the yard formerly known as Hyundai Heavy Industries. All units are due to be delivered in 2025. No price has been revealed for the Chinese vessels, while the Korean ones are costing $134.3 million per unit.
The multi-billion-dollar orders stretch MSC's lead at the top of the liner rankings, its orderbook now four times as large as second placed Maersk with MSC on track to become the first carrier in the world to operate fleet in excess of 5 million slots soon.
Starting out in 1970 with a German-built second-hand vessel of just 2,900 dwt, acquired from Hapag-Lloyd and renamed Patricia, MSC now operates 664 ships of which 186 have been bought on the second-hand market since August 2020, the greatest fleet build up in the 66 years of containerisation.
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Clarksons is reporting Soren Toft-led msc has ordered fourteen 8,000 TEU LNG capable box ships at Chinese yard New Times Shipbuilding and a further six 7,900 TEU units at South Korea's HD Hyundai, the yard formerly known as Hyundai Heavy Industries. All units are due to be delivered in 2025. No price has been revealed for the Chinese vessels, while the Korean ones are costing $134.3 million per unit.
The multi-billion-dollar orders stretch MSC's lead at the top of the liner rankings, its orderbook now four times as large as second placed Maersk with MSC on track to become the first carrier in the world to operate fleet in excess of 5 million slots soon.
Starting out in 1970 with a German-built second-hand vessel of just 2,900 dwt, acquired from Hapag-Lloyd and renamed Patricia, MSC now operates 664 ships of which 186 have been bought on the second-hand market since August 2020, the greatest fleet build up in the 66 years of containerisation.
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