UASC plans to order five Triple-E container ships

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By Alex Lennane

13/05/2013

Hot on the heels of Maersk’s pending delivery of its first Triple E 18,000teu container ship, and China Shipping Lines’ order for five similar-sized vessels, comes the news that UASC is planning to order another five of the same class in August. Despite serious overcapacity, analyst SeaIntel claims that the major players will need to order similar ships, “or find themselves out of the Europe-Asia trade”.

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