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1 of 5 #Port congestion in North Europe continues to worsen Very high yard densities at North European container #terminals and inland transport bottlenecks are aggravating port #congestion problems in the trade between the Far East and North Europe.
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1 of 5 Peak in charter expirations moves to 2025 as non-operating owners lock in more long-term deals
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1 of 5 📣Asia-Europe mega-alliance loops still 10% short of capacity Despite that already 1.14 Mteu of new capacity has been delivered this year so far, the members of the three mega-alliances still lacked 36 ships to fully staff their 25 Asia – Europe loops as of Friday 10 May.
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1 of 5 📣 Port Congestion peaks in May, eases again in June ❗ Container ship availability remains ultra-tight towards mid-year and the global box ship fleet is more or less fully employed. In many vessel size classes, the number of charter ships available spot or prompt is 0.
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1 of 7 Newbuildings won’t solve ocean capacity crunch before 2023
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1 of 5 📣MSC, CMA CGM, Evergreen and ZIM strongest growers in 2022 Despite the year-long decline in front-haul spot #freight rates on mainline routes from #China , which dropped from their peak in early 2022 to near pre-pandemic levels today, the past year proved to be a...
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1 of 5 Share prices fall as Red Sea boost comes to an end⚠️ 💡 Container carrier stock prices, boosted since December by the #crisis in the Red Sea and the potential for more ton-mile demand, have corrected more rapidly than #freight rates and most lines are now trading below...
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1/4 📣 Big capacity boost for Latin American-related services 📈 Global container fleet grew 10.6% between Jun'23 & Jun'24. The huge capacity injection of 2.85 Mteu slots helped carriers deploy more ships in liner services between Asia/Indian Subcontinent and Europe.
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1 of 4 📣Top-11 carriers to receive another 89 big mainline ships in 2023 The world’s 11 largest ocean #carriers , comprising the nine members of the three global alliances plus ZIM and Wan Hai Lines, are scheduled to receive a total of 89 big mainline #container ships in 2023.
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1 of 4 📣 World containership fleet: what is the scrapping potential? Container shipping markets are facing a severe risk of overcapacity in the coming years, with a total of 7.3 Mteu of newbuilding capacity, representing 28.3% of the existing cellular fleet, expected to hit...
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1 of 4 The #shipping bonanza continues: Earnings for nine of the top ten carriers have already reached USD 95 bn for 2021
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1 of 5 📣 Maersk still leads the rankings in reefer capacity
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1 of 5 MSC undisputed market leader in intra-Europe trade
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1 of 4 📣 Panamax replacement ships: The new 5,000 - 6,000 teu types 📌 Seven years after the opening of the expanded Panama Canal firmly established the neo-panamax vessel as a new standard class, numerous classic panamax ships still form part of the #container fleet.
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1 of 4 📣 Vessel deliveries reach close to 300,000 teu in June as MSC builds one million teu lead over second-ranked Maersk 👉Just 18 months after becoming the world’s largest container shipping line, MSC has put a fleet capacity gap of one million teu between itself and the...
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1 of 4 📣 First methanol mainliner completes maiden trip: a review The world’s first methanol-enabled mainliner, the 16,592 teu ANE MAERSK of Maersk Group, recently completed her first westbound #voyage from Asia to Europe. From the ship’s first Far Eastern load port,...
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1 of 4 📣 Spot ocean freight rates climb towards pandemic highs. 📊 Last Friday, May 31, the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index, showed a 12.6% increase in spot ocean rates ex Shanghai, which was the 10th consecutive week of rising rate levels.
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1 of 5 📣 Profit margins accelerate as 2021 EBIT set to beat all records
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1 of 4 World ‘megamax’ vessel fleet reaches four million teu slots 📊 📣 The global #fleet of ‘megamax’ container #vessels at the end of last month breached the 4.00 Mteu mark in terms of overall capacity and it currently stands at 4.01 Mteu.
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1 of 4 ⚠️ Carriers’ average operating margin falls to 1.5% 📉 📣 Average operating margins for the leading container carriers (the nine largest companies reporting Earnings before Interest and Tax) fell to 1.5% in Q3, below pre-COVID levels.
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1 of 4 The number of #container ships awaiting an available berth in the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach reached a record level of 86 #vessels on 16 Nov. The average waiting time last week exceeded 18 days. However, these figures are only averages.
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1 of 5 📣Reefer capacity on the rise as overall liner fleet keeps growing Following a strong 19.7% fleet growth over past 12 months, Geneva based MSC has strengthened its position as the liner operator with the highest capacity for transporting temperature-controlled containers.
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1 of 5 Asia-Europe: 27% of sailings axed in first seven weeks of 2023 📣 The three big #carrier alliances plan to skip 27% of their originally scheduled Asia – Europe sailings in the first seven weeks of this year. Under normal circumstances, the shipping lines’ 18...
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1 of 4 📣Containership demolition sales fall to 17-year low in 2022 Containeship demolition sales fell to a 17-year low in 2022, with only six fully cellular #container vessels for a total capacity of 10,904 teu sold to recyclers, the weakest level since 2005.
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1 of 6 📣 Far East-North America trade sees big increase in ship size The average size of cellular #container ship per trade route has in the past five years witnessed the strongest growth on the Far East-North America trade (+17%) and in Africa-related services (+17.5%).
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1 of 3 📣 #Carriers ’ green ambitions push orderbook to record high 📌 Undeterred by an increasingly gloomy outlook and the spectre of structural overcapacity that appears on the horizon, carriers have continued to place orders for new container #tonnage throughout the year.
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1 of 4 📣 Port congestion: increasing impact on #Transatlantic trade Container ships deployed between #China and North #Europe currently need on average 97 days to complete a full round #voyage .
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1 of 6 📣Record boxship deliveries forecast for 2023 and 2024
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1 of 5 #Container credit ratings: is investment grade in sight?
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1 of 4 Post-NPX ships to fill the void between 16,000 and 24,000 teu? 📌 With the most recent maxi-neo-panamax designs now optimized to nominal intakes of around 16,500 teu, and megamax capacities approaching 24,500 teu, a gap of some 8,000 teu has opened up in the global...
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1 of 5 📣 Evergreen and CMA CGM drive Asia - Europe capacity growth. 👉 Last month, Alphaliner counted 348 container ships deployed between Asia and Europe. This armada represents a total capacity of 5.45 Mteu, which is an increase of 10.4% compared to April last year. 📈
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1 of 6 Orderbook for the new ‘7,000+ teu’ class reaches 120 vessels
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1 of 5 📣 European carriers show bigger appetite for reefer cargo 👉MSC can potentially carry the largest amount of refrigerated cargo on its ships, a new survey by Alphaliner shows. The 746 vessels in its fleet are fitted with a combined total of more than 496,200 reefer plugs.
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1 of 5 Scrubber-fitted capacity reaches 30% of fleet
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1 of 5 Maersk and MSC drive non-alliance transpacific capacity gains
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1 of 6 Carriers shift tonnage to Middle East and India related loops Poor #cargo demand in China and falling ocean spot freight rates have led to significant changes in global container fleet deployment. More than 565,000 teu of capacity was withdrawn from...
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1 of 5 Ocean Alliance to become the largest mega-alliance by far 📊 📣 The discontinuation of the 2M partnership in 2025 will bring about deep structural changes in the liner market, a sector so far dominated by three major alliances of roughly comparable market share.
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1 of 4 📣 World container fleet: three million teu now 20 years or older 💡 The world cellular #fleet aged 20+ years currently counts around 1,200 #vessels for a total capacity of about 2.9 Mteu. In number of vessels, it represents just over 20% of all cellular ships,...
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1 of 4 📣Maersk surges as carrier margins set to fall below 50% again 👉Average operating margins for the container industry fell for the second consecutive quarter in Q3, after the 10 leading carriers reported across-the-board declines. The average margin of 51.9% for Q3, the...
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1 of 4 📣Dubai returns to top 10 after overtaking Rotterdam, Hong Kong The Middle East’s largest container port, Dubai/Jebel Ali, has re-entered the top 10 ranking of global container ports, overtaking Europe’s biggest port & demonstrating the scale of economic slump in Europe.
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1 of 5 📣 Carriers favour vessel ownership to expand their fleets Carriers have been increasingly relying on vessel ownership to expand their fleets of #container vessels in the last few years, at the expense of chartering.
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1 of 4 📣Carrier volumes drop 5% but results vary across lines A survey of liftings by Maersk, CMA CGM, COSCO, Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL, Yang Ming, HMM and ZIM shows the eight #carriers moved a total of 71.08 Mteu in the first nine months of the year, a drop of 4.6% compared to the...
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1 of 6 Q1 results set new records as contract rates keep the momentum going for carriers
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1 of 4 👉 Hapag-Lloyd comes out on top in latest operating margins Hapag-Lloyd has posted the best operating margin among the main carriers in the first quarter of 2023, with the world’s fifth biggest #operator of container capacity clocking a return of 31.1%.
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1 of 6 Throughput growth at the world’s 30 largest #container ports exceeded 6.5% in 2021, as gains offset last year’s losses for many individual ports. The 30 leading #ports handled 450 Mteu during the year, versus 421 Mteu in 2020.
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📣 Alphaliner TOP 100 provides a constantly updated ranking of the 100 largest #container / #liner operators, as well as global capacity figures, taking into account the #fleets of virtually all container #operators worldwide. 💡 Learn more at  #shipping
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1 of 4 Global container TEU-to-GDP multiplier slumps below 1 📣 Container shipping’s TEU-to-GDP multiplier has continued to weaken since the pandemic, with the last ten years now showing an average multiplier below 1.
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1 of 4 📣 Mainports benefit from home carriers and dedicated terminals 📌 A survey of ten major container ports in Europe, North America and Asia shows that the overall size of a carrier group is not always directly reflected in a #carrier ’s ‘traffic exposure’ to each port.
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1 of 4 The unprecedented appetite for #tonnage seen over the past year has altered the forward schedules of non-operating owners (NOOs). A survey of the four publicly-listed NOOs by Alphaliner shows #charter expirations by teu volume will now peak in 2024.
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1 of 4 📣MSC behind 50% of Asia-Europe fleet growth At the start of February, 431 #container ships were trading between Asia & Europe, representing a capacity of 6.33 Mteu (22% of the cellular container fleet). During the past 12 months, the Asia-Europe #fleet has grown 19%.📈
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1 of 5 MSC fortifies #1 position in Europe - North America trade 📣 On 1 June, Alphaliner counted 205 #container ships deployed between Europe (North Europe and the Mediterranean) and North America (Canada, US East Coast, US Gulf, Mexico and US West Coast).
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1 of 5 📣 Containership demolition sales drop to zero in first-half 2022 For the first time in years the number of fully cellular container vessels sold for demolition in the first half of 2022 dropped to zero. The highly remunerative #charter & #freight markets, which have...
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1 of 4 📣 Carriers hope share price ‘rot’ will slow if rates can stabilize Publicly-listed shipping companies see a chance to ‘stop the rot’ in share prices as the fall in the Shanghai Container Freight Index (SCFI) slows.
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1 of 4 📣Maersk takes the lead in removing ships from East West routes The latest Alphaliner inactive fleet #report shows that 300 #containerships of over 500 teu were out of active service on 13 Mar', representing a capacity of nearly 1.57 Mteu or 6% of the total cellular fleet.
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1/4 ❔ Did you know that Panamaxes of the 4000-5100 TEU range are the most common vessel type in the Asia–West Africa trade? In terms of vessel count, over ⅓ of all ships on these routes are of this size. They are also responsible for ¼ of the total TEU capacity in this trade.
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1 of 5 💡Chinese port rankings redrawn during pandemic A mix of changing trade patterns, pandemic-related closures and strategic reorganizations has seen 8 out of 12 of China’s top #ports change national ranking during the pandemic.
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1 of 4 📣Demolition sales bounce back in '23 👉Container #tonnage demolition sales bounced back in '23, with 87 vessels for a total of 167,000 teu reaching recycling facilities. This is a major rally compared to the 10,904 teu scrapped in '22 & the 16,500 teu disposed of in 2021.
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1 of 6 Alphaliner Top 10 carriers: four winners and four losers in H1 📣 Average core EBIT margins for the big global #container lines reached another record high of 57.4% in the first quarter of this year.
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1 of 4 📣 China and Middle East drive modest top 30 port growth Throughput for the 30 leading global container #ports rose by less than 1% to 454 Mteu in 2022, with positive gains driven almost entirely by #China and, to a lesser extent, the Middle East.
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1 of 4 📣China - USWC no longer the most lucrative trade for spot #cargo 📌Spot ocean freight rates ex #China have been falling steadily since the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index ( #SCFI ) reached a historical high of 5,110 points at the beginning of this year (7 January).
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1 of 5: Last week's delivery of the 2002-built MEXICO to @MSCCargo is historical. Unspectacular at first glance, the addition of the 4,992 TEU #ship to the MSC fleet finally saw the Swiss ocean carrier of Italian origin claim the top spot among the world’s #container lines.
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💡 #Alphaliner  Top 100 - access the constantly updated ranking of the 100 largest container/liner operators, as well as global capacity figures.  📊 👉 Learn more  #cointainership   #container   #linershipping   #maritimeindustry   #chartering   #operators
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1 of 4 📣Operating margin hits highest non-COVID level since 2010 👉Average operating margins for the container industry surged back into positive territory in Q1 2024, as capacity shortages created by the Red Sea diversions pushed #carrier rates up by an average 27% vs Q4 2023.
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1 of 5 Lines unveil surcharges as ETS set to impact nearly 40% of fleet⚠️ 📣 Shipping’s accession to the #EU Emissions Trading System ( #ETS ) on 1 January 2024 will bring broad changes to fuel strategies in Europe, forcing carriers to weigh up the benefits of buying carbon...
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1 of 2 The countdown has started!⌛ In less than a week our team will attend #TPM23 in Long Beach. They'll be on site waiting to meet with you! Organized by the within S&P Global Market Intelligence,...
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1 of 4 📣 Matson rises to the top in earnings-per-teu comparison 👉 A review of earnings-by-teu shows a significant change in carriers’ comparative rankings in 2023, with some niche lines now challenging the larger #carriers .
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1 of 4 📣Top-10 global carriers maintain widely different trading profiles The return to ‘normal’ trading conditions after the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw record port congestion, a shortage of #ships and sky-high rates for Chinese export #cargo , has prompted some carriers to...
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1 of 5 📌 Stock rebound lifts number of carriers valued at more than USD 10 bn to six and counting 💡 The number of publicly-listed container #carriers with a valuation of more than USD 10 bn rose to six this month, with two more lines following closely behind.
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1/4 📢 Red Sea crisis reverses decline in ships sales 📈 Container sale and purchase deals surged again in the first half of 2024, as carriers and NOOs reacted to the red-hot charter and freight markets.
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1 of 5 📣Carriers question new carbon rating systems, call for reassessment of the ’CII’ methodology
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1 of 4 📌COSCO rises, while ZIM falls to bottom of margin rankings Average operating margins for the leading #container carriers fell into the single digits for the first time in three years in the second quarter of 2023, coming in at 8.9%.
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1 of 4: 📣Container ships currently arriving with an average delay of 18 days in #China after a full round trip between the Far East and North #Europe . This according to an Alphaliner survey of current voyage durations for #ships on 17 different loops arriving in Asia in week 41.
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1 of 6 Liftings return to pre-COVID levels as Maersk catches COSCO
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1 of 4 👉 Two reasons for ZIM’s surprise return to the Transpacific trade ZIM will next weekend re-start its speedy South China - California ‘ZIM eCommerce Xpress’ service (‘ZEX’). The carrier originally launched this loop in June 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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1 of 5: #Carriers are being forced to skip an increasing number of ports in order to maintain their ships on schedule or, at best, limit delays. We tracked 17 #container ships that returned to central China in week 45 after their round trip between the Far East and North Europe.
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1 of 4 📣 Operating margins exceed 50% for several carriers in Q2 Average operating margins for the #container industry ticked up again in the first quarter of 2022 after eight out of the top ten #carriers improved their showing compared to the final three months of the year.
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1 of 6 📣China increases European presence but remains a minor player Chinese companies held investments in 31 container seaport terminals in Europe & the Mediterranean as of end-August reflecting the increased activity by China’s state players in Europe’s port network since '16.
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1 of 4 📣Green ships reach 40% of orderbook as fuel oil orders dive The percentage of ‘alternative’ propulsion #containerships in the orderbook has topped 40% for the first time as the past six months has seen carriers turn rapidly away from conventional fuel #oil options.
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1/4 📣Ordering frenzy not over yet despite massive capacity influx 🛳️In the past 7 days, another 15 container ships with a combined capacity of 80,500 teu delivered. This brings the total newbuild capacity added to the fleet so far in 2024 to 246 ships and almost 1.6 Mteu.
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1 of 4 📌MSC and ZIM are again the fastest growing carriers Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and ZIM, the two top-10 #carriers that showed the most growth in 2022, have again this year added the most extra slots to their #fleets .
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1 of 3 📣Boxship Sale and Purchase market shrinks by 50% in 2022 The number of cellular #container vessels changing hands on the sale and purchase market dropped sharply in '22, falling back in line with averages seen over the previous decade & driven by a near total collapse...
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1 of 4 📣Non-operating owners’ fleet: more ship additions than deletions 👉The fleets of NOOs in the small and medium sizes (700-9,000 TEU) have seen more #vessel additions than deletions in the past 10 months. This evolution reverses a trend of continued decline for the #NOO ...
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1 of 5 ⚠️Non-cellular ships will not solve liner trade capacity shortage 💡 The total capacity of non-cellular ships deployed on regular #liner services in August has increased by 21.6%, compared to a year ago.
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📣 Alphaliner TOP 100 provides a constantly updated ranking of the 100 largest #container / #liner operators, as well as global capacity figures, taking into account the #fleets of virtually all container #operators worldwide. 💡 Learn more  #shippingnews
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1 of 3: It is rare for the container liner market to witness the formation of an entirely new #vessel class, but every once in a while, newbuilt series of #ships with comparable parameters gather sufficient momentum to develop into a new "standard" type.
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1 of 4 📣 DP World and ICTSI show strongest revenue growth in 2023. 📈 Dubai-based DP World consolidated its position as the largest global container port operator by revenue in 2023, logging year-on-year growth of 5%.
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1 of 4 ⚠️ Container shipping companies still short of investment-grade ratings 📌 AP Moller-Maersk remains the only investment-grade credit in the container #shipping space despite a series of recent credit upgrades.
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1 of 4 💡X-Press Feeders retakes top spot as leading feeder operator X-Press Feeders has regained the top spot from Unifeeder as the world‘s largest common feeder operator.
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💡 Gain a competitive edge in the #maritime logistics with Alphaliner TOP 100. 📣 Access updated #rankings and global capacity figures, empowering you with vital insights into major #container operators and their #fleets . ✅ Learn more at  #shipping
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1 of 5 @FinancialTimes : "As the UN predicts a 1.5% increase in global inflation due to shipping, some experts say companies might move their production of complex goods closer to consumers to combat higher transport costs and the end of cheap Chinese labor.
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1 of 4 📣European feeder fleet: still no large-scale renewal in sight The European fleet of feeder vessels of 300-1,500 teu is ageing at a fast pace with very little newbuilding replacement on the way. There is particular concern in the sub-1,000 teu sizes, where the number of...
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1 of 5 📣Mixed fortunes for medium-sized carriers The Alphaliner top-30 has seen many changes in positions 11 to 30 over the past 12 months. Capacity changes for these medium-sized carriers ranged from -34.6% for #China United Lines (CULines) to +55.3% for Emirates Shipping Line.
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1 of 5 CMA CGM records highest capacity growth in intra-Europe CMA CGM (including Containerships, its intra-European short-sea operator, feeder carrier) is the only carrier to manage a significant increase in market share & capacity in the intra-European market over the last year
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1 of 6 Reduced role for major alliances on Asia - North America trade
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1 of 4 📣MSC first carrier to reach a fleet size of five million teu slot A mere 16 months after overtaking Maersk to become the world’s largest container line in terms of slot capacity MSC will soon reach new heights as its vessel fleet is rapidly approaching the 5.00 Mteu mark.
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1 of 4 The historically high #charter market has finally convinced Non-Operating Owners (NOOs) to return to the newbuilding arena for small and medium-sized tonnage, addressing the alarming under-ordering of these #ship classes which Alphaliner highlighted in a report in Dec'20.
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1 of 4 📣Average operating margin falls into negative territory for first time since 2018 Average operating margins for the 9 leading container carriers (in terms of reporting EBIT) fell below 0 to an estimated -3% in Q4 '23 the first negative result for the industry in 5 years.
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1 of 4 How will Maersk-MSC split redraw container shipping landscape? 📣 @FreightWaves : “To me, it is obvious that MSC will go on its own,” Alphaliner shipping analyst and Europe editor Stefan Verberckmoes told American Shipper.
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1 of 4 📣Global capacity operated under alliance services drops to 39% The amount of container ship capacity operated under alliance agreements reached a three-year low in Jan 23. Despite frequent claims the alliances control 80% of the container fleet, an Alphaliner survey shows
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