News / 'Flexible' new mid-size containerships see carriers better prepared for crashing demand

Emergent trends in shipbuilding demonstrate how carriers are building capacity management into their fleets at the design stage.

The longtime pre-pandemic trend of “bigger is better” appears to have been sidelined in favour of flexible neo-panamax vessels of between 14,000 and 16,000 teu.

Benefits of what is now referred to as the ‘mid-size’ vessel range include greater flexibility in deployment and the ability to call at more ports around the world.

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