NEWS: The Loadstar - MSC & CMA Ahead in Box Fleet-Building Race

The Loadstar

 

MSC’s phenomenal growth over the past two years has largely been driven by acquisition of second-hand containerships, while rival CMA CGM is the most aggressive charterer of tonnage.

According to Alphaliner data, MSC has purchased an armada of 306 containerships, with a capacity of 1.2m teu, since August 2020 and, with its newbuild deliveries, will reach a fleet capacity of 5m teu this month, and will shortly thereafter stretch the gap to second-ranked carrier Maersk to more than a million teu.

The carrier jumped from a capacity of 1m teu in 2007 to 2m teu in 2011, to 3m teu in 2017 and to 4m teu in 2021, before usurping the long reign of Maersk as the biggest carrier, in January last year.


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