News / Triple-E ships boost Maersk's Asia–North Europe capacity by 15% in their first year

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According to Alphaliner, Maersk Line’s weekly Asia–North Europe capacity increased 15% year-on-year as of July, largely due to the phasing-in of 18,270teu Triple-E ships to the carrier’s flagship AE10 service, replacing 15,500teu E-class ships.

These Emma Maersk-class ships have been cascaded onto the Danish carrier’s AE-2 loop, which had deployed vessels of around 8,500teu.

The failed P3 concept was all about rationalisation to achieve significant cost savings for Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM, and the deployment of the Danish ultra-large containerships was ...