Over the next five weeks, the 2M Alliance has announced 18 blank sailings. In the context of currently weak global demand, MSC, a global leader in the container shipping industry, has four container ships set to enter the market.
According to the latest Drewry statistics, 91 canceled sailings have been announced between Week 44 (31-6 November) and Week 48 (28-4 December) across the major trades: Transpacific, Transatlantic, and Asia-North Europe & Med. The cancelation rate accounts for 12%.
Over the next five weeks, the 2M Alliance has announced 18 blank sailings. In the context of currently weak global demand, MSC, a global leader in the container shipping industry, has four container ships set to enter the market.
The first two container ships are expected to be chartered out to MSC the next February. And there are two other container ships of the same kind waiting to be delivered in 2023. The already-built two are considered as the largest container ships in the world, each with a record-setting capacity of 24,346 TEUs. For your information, ultra-large container vessels refer to the ones with a total capacity of 10,000+ TEUs. These made-in-China ships were undocked at a shipyard in Taixing, a city located in east China's Jiangsu Province.
According to data from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information, the shipbuilding industry in China has performed excellently during the first three quarters. Up to 50% of container ship construction has been done in China.
