Container

14,000 teu vessels new workhorse on Asia-Europe

In just a few years, the preferred workhorse on Asia-Europe has changed from container ships with a capacity of 8,000 to 8,999 teu to this year being vessels that can carry upwards of 14,000 teu, notes SeaIntel in an analysis of the market.
Photo: Rohde Nielsen
Photo: Rohde Nielsen
BY TOMAS KRISTIANSEN

The development in container ship sizes has happened so fast that the most frequently used vessel type on the key Asia-Europe trade has seen a big leap up in size in just a few years, according to a market review performed by SeaIntel.

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