THIS year could turn out to be a record year for containership deliveries, with 1.6 million TEU of new capacity due for delivery.
The top 20 carriers will receive newbuildings, including chartered units, with a total capacity of 1.28 million TEU, accounting for 76 per cent of new vessel deliveries in 2014.
A further 315,700 TEU owned by non-operating owners are currently open or without known charter assignment, most of which are expected to join the top 20 carriers. An extra 85,000 TEU will be delivered to carriers outside the top 20, according to Alphaliner.
NYK, "K" Line and Zim are the only three main carriers that have no newbuildings due this year. The other 17 of the top 20 carriers will receive new ships this year with new capacity growth led by Evergreen, Maersk, China Shipping and Hamburg Sud, which will each receive between 110,000 and 200,000 TEU.
Evergreen is set to continue its capacity programme in 2014, with 18 new ships of 8,000-14,000 TEU due to be delivered, for a total capacity of 195,000 TEU. This follows 19 new ships for 162,000 TEU that the Taiwanese carrier has received in 2013.
MSC booked a net gain of 146,700 TEU in the last 12 months, marking the largest capacity increase among all carriers in 2013 for an overall gain of seven per cent. MSC's net increase allows it to further narrow the gap to Maersk to 201,000 TEU. Although Maersk retained its top spot in the carrier rankings, it made no net gain in operated capacity in 2013 as its 175,900 TEU of new ships delivered during the year were fully offset by the redelivery of an equal amount of chartered tonnage.
The highest percentage gain was recorded by PIL with a 26 per cent fleet growth thanks to a net fleet increase of 76,500 TEU, split between 42,200 TEU of newbuildings and 34,300 TEU of net additional chartered tonnage. The gains allowed PIL to jump three ranking slots to become the 15th largest carrier, overtaking "K" Line, HMM and Zim.
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