Container ships keep dominating new building orders

New building orders for container ships have kept stealing the spotlight in the market during the past few weeks, as more and more companies are trying to prepare themselves for the expected rise of global container trade, especially from 2013 onwards. Hot on the heels of Maersk’s mega order for at least 10 Triple-Es, i.e. the largest ship type currently available with a capacity of 18,000-TEUs each, OOCL confirmed an order of $816 million with Samsung for six ships of near 14,000 TEUs each, the largest ships the company has ever operated.
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Source: Hellenic Shipping News