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Maersk Line has today signed a new building contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering for eleven, plus six optional, second-generation Triple-E container vessels with a capacity of 19,630 teu each.

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  • Chas Deller

    June 02, 2015 at 5:39 pm

    Mike , u may remember the impact on rate levels
    when Maersk announced Emma Maersk(14500 teu) rates
    plummeted – so my guess is that this news will put
    a dagger in the hearts of some ‘financially’
    strapped carriers, who will fear a repeat of that.
    Maybe its Maersk’s final plan to eliminate
    ‘pesky’ competition, goodness knows rates are
    at subsistence level on many routes – thank
    goodness for low cost oil — at least