Container shipping is thinking small again

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Global container shipping orderbook is approaching 13 million TEU, with carriers shifting focus from megaships to smaller and medium-sized vessels. According to Alphaliner data, the future fleet will consist largely of mid-size cellular containerships, indicating a change in market strategy and capacity planning.

The global containership orderbook is closing in on the 13m teu mark, with carriers increasingly turning their attention away from megaships and towards smaller and medium-sized tonnage, according to new data from Alphaliner. The consultancy reports that the cellular containership orderbook now stands at 12.98m teu across 1,592 vessels, equivalent to 38.3% of the existing …