OceanX: Zim, CMA and Hapag are eating Mærsk's market share
You win some, you lose some
In February, OOCL Spain (24,188 TEU) was delivered as the largest vessel in the world. It then lost the title, won by MSC Tessa. Beating each other by a few TEU will likely be the name of the game until this 24,000 TEU order cycle is over.
Thanks to a lucky coincidence, which saw the vessel happen to be in Hong Kong at the same time as me, and some very good old friends at OOCL, I got the pleasure of ...
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