In the first half of 2020, affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, most shipyards were in a state of shutdown, a large number of new ship orders were shelved, and new ship orders were once as low as the lowest point. Subsequently, the demand for container transport rose in the second half of the year, and a large number of new ship orders resumed construction. In the last few days of the year, the shipyard still accepted a large number of orders, and the current increase in new ship orders is unlikely to break the supply and demand relationship of the current container ship market.
New container orders hit a new high. Don't worry about the impact of increased transport capacity on supply and demand
According to the data of Lloyd's List Intelligence, by the end of December last year, the global container fleet had 23.1 million TEU, an increase of 577179 TEU over the beginning of the year.
New container orders hit a new high. Don't worry about the impact of increased transport capacity on supply and demand
Alphaliner said: "In 2020, the global container fleet grew by 2.9%, the lowest growth rate since 2016. The growth rate of transport capacity was lower than the forecast at the beginning of the year, and it was also the first time that the growth rate was lower than 3% since 2016, when the container fleet only grew by 1.8%. In 2019, the global container fleet grew by 4%."
ONE said: "The new ship will join its core fleet and become a part of the company's strategy of continuously introducing large, modern and energy-saving ships to further strengthen its fleet competitiveness. At the same time, while maximizing the freight volume, the new ship will also adopt an advanced ship type design that can minimize fuel consumption to achieve scale effect and significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In addition, in order to meet the requirements of IMO 2020, the new ship will be installed with desulfurization Devices. "
At the same time, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group also received the construction contract for two of the world's largest 24000TEU super large container ships for the first time, and became the first private ship enterprise in China to build more than 20000 container ships. It is generally believed that BOCOM Financial Leasing and Mediterranean Shipping (MSC) are behind this batch of new ship orders.