The torrent of new containership deliveries has started with #MSC setting new
ship size records twice last week, with more ULCS units to come in the weeks
ahead. MSC has widened its gap against Maersk to 587,000 teu with the divergence
even greater if idled capacity is taken into account. #Maersk has 298,000 teu
currently idled compared to just 68,000 teu from MSC, with the burden of idling
excess capacity unevenly shared by the carriers.
The idle containership fleet currently stand at 738,014