News / Alliance reshuffle will increase box ship shortage as carriers hunt 'buffers'

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Forget being the Year of the Snake, 2025 will be “the year of the first major alliance-free carrier”.

The combined capacity of the liners controlling more than 1% of the global liner fleet grew by 10.3% last year, according to Alphaliner.  

As the only carrier opting to go-it-alone with no alliance in 2025, MSC unsurprisingly showed the strongest growth, in terms of teu slots in 2024. 

According to today’s Alphaliner newsletter, the Geneva-based carrier added 50 newbuilds and 692,000 teu slots to ...