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By Mike Wackett
MSC is on course to overtake alliance partner Maersk as the biggest ocean carrier by capacity within the next two years.
A new order for five 23,000 teu ULCVs from the South Korean Daewoo yard will take the Geneva-based carrier’s orderbook to 16 vessels, for a massive 305,352 teu, according to Alphaliner data.
A disclosure from Daewoo this week valued the order at $152m per ship, with delivery of the five by August 2021.
This will propel MSC’s fleet, including current chartered tonnage, ...
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Martyn Benson
October 17, 2019 at 3:44 pmMSC Isabella???
This situation has been developing for 18 mths to two years…..old news.
Anoop
October 18, 2019 at 7:03 amMaersk is King. It know ho to act
WSL
October 18, 2019 at 12:13 amCan they make a solution first to climate change other than competing themeselves…?
Jon
October 18, 2019 at 2:03 pmMaersk have been losing it’s so called crown for several years.
Nothing new, Big is not beautiful.
Many a client just get lost in maersk s Infrastructure.