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MSC closes in on top carrier: Maersk grows by 0.2pc and MSC by 3pc
THE world's biggest container shipping line, Maersk, only grew capacity 0.2 per cent last year while the No 2 line, the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) grew its fleet three per cent.
Thus, Maersk Line's lead over its proposed P3 alliance partner, MSC, is narrowing after the Danish carrier halted its fleet expansion programme last year, opting instead to focus on improving vessel utilisation, reports Lloyd's List.
With only 16 more 18,000-TEUers to come, and no new orders, Maersk has a smaller order book than MSC, which operates 445 ships of 2.24 million TEU, against Maersk's 574 ships of 2.6 million TEU.
Maersk took delivery of four 18,270 TEUers in 2013, plus five other ships designed for the Africa and Latin America trades.
Maersk was cited as saying that it has "optimised" network costs by terminating the lease agreements on 14 chartered ships late last year, including five that have been redelivered and nine to be returned to their owners this quarter.
Its total chartered fleet was reduced by 27 ships in 2013 to one million TEU, representing a year-on-year decrease of eight per cent.
Thus, Maersk Line's lead over its proposed P3 alliance partner, MSC, is narrowing after the Danish carrier halted its fleet expansion programme last year, opting instead to focus on improving vessel utilisation, reports Lloyd's List.
With only 16 more 18,000-TEUers to come, and no new orders, Maersk has a smaller order book than MSC, which operates 445 ships of 2.24 million TEU, against Maersk's 574 ships of 2.6 million TEU.
Maersk took delivery of four 18,270 TEUers in 2013, plus five other ships designed for the Africa and Latin America trades.
Maersk was cited as saying that it has "optimised" network costs by terminating the lease agreements on 14 chartered ships late last year, including five that have been redelivered and nine to be returned to their owners this quarter.
Its total chartered fleet was reduced by 27 ships in 2013 to one million TEU, representing a year-on-year decrease of eight per cent.
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