At present, there are seven types of containerships in service worldwide, including small feeder, feeder, feedermax, Panamax, Post-Panamax, New Panamax and ultra-large Panamax. With a carrying capacity of more than Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit TEU , the modern containerships have radically redefined the freight transport by the sea. This The vessel was delivered in May this year. Being the second container vessel to cross the 20, TEU mark, Madrid Maersk has the capacity to carry 23 rows of containers across the deck.
Madrid Maersk is reportedly equipped with highly advanced and facilities and offer the retrofit option for the future conversion to LNG-fueled ship. While measures The vessel made its maiden voyage in April this year and now operates between Asia to Europe through the FE2 service. This Pegasus-class container ship, with a dead weight of The vessel is currently sailing under the flag of Liberia.
This Liberia-flagged vessel measures The vessel was launched by Samsung Heavy Industries in April The This Pegasus-class container ship measures Shippers still face years of the vessel-supply status quo before a big wave of fresh capacity hits. Alphaliner net expects fleet growth of 3.
Clearly, this supply-demand outlook offers no relief from historically elevated spot rates. The longer-term question for cargo shippers is whether larger fleets will compel liners to go for market share and compete more on price, i. The NOOs face the highest long-term risk from overcapacity.
When markets collapse, as most recently occurred in , charters get renegotiated or canceled. Given newbuild lead times, this potential risk is still years away.
Furthermore, the orderbook is actually still too low, according to Fearnleys. California port pileup leaves old records in the dust: see story here. Sign up for a free FreightWaves account today for unlimited access to all of our latest content. By signing in for the first time, I give consent for FreightWaves to send me event updates and news. I can unsubscribe from these emails at any time. For more information please see our Privacy Policy. Thomas, where he rose to editor-in-chief of the Virgin Islands Business Journal.
He then spent 15 years at the shipping magazine Fairplay in various senior roles, including managing editor. He currently resides in Manhattan with his wife and two Shih Tzus. Related Articles. Clock ticks closer to midnight for overwhelmed California ports Wednesday, November 10, Radiant Logistics seeing high demand from every industry Tuesday, November 9, After container ships sped up, why did they just tap on the brakes?
Sunday, November 7, Crude tankers still bleeding cash. But there are additional costs involved with designs like this — and indeed risks. Rigid sails, of course, can be dangerous in high winds, especially if they cannot easily be folded onto or beneath the deck.
He points out that digital technology is aiding ship designers and helping them to more accurately simulate how their vessels will perform in different conditions at sea. Energy efficiency savings of a few percent may result from this work, he believes. And techniques like 3D printing are probably going to change how some ship components are produced.
A prototype 3D printed propeller was recently produced by a consortium of shipping companies in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Grand Ideas Oceans. The ships that could change the seas forever. Share using Email. By Chris Baraniuk 19th September Transporting cargo across the oceans is vital in a global economy - yet ships sully our already polluted planet. Some of the design solutions to fix that sound straight from science fiction.
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