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an Freight: Ports as Inhibitors and Enablers of Global Supply Chain Ecosystems EXCLUSIVE STUDY
Supersized
container ships
Container ships have inexorably grown in TEU capacity as shipping lines strive to bring
costs down by leveraging the latest technology coupled with economies of scale, but
Port Operators continue to question the economic and business benefits from the
increasingly bigger vessels.
Currently the largest container ships are Maersk Line’s Triple E class with capacity of
18,000 TEUs, which are 400 meters long, 29 m wide and have a draft of 14.6 m. 24,000 TEU
vessels are currently under construction.
These mega vessels present operational and financial challenges for terminal operators
who need larger berths, bigger cranes and deeper water in order to accommodate these
huge vessels, resulting in a multi-tier system in which “bigger ships will make fewer port
calls”.
MARK MILLAR neptune EXCLUSIVE STUDY 5
Supersized
container ships
Container ships have inexorably grown in TEU capacity as shipping lines strive to bring
costs down by leveraging the latest technology coupled with economies of scale, but
Port Operators continue to question the economic and business benefits from the
increasingly bigger vessels.
Currently the largest container ships are Maersk Line’s Triple E class with capacity of
18,000 TEUs, which are 400 meters long, 29 m wide and have a draft of 14.6 m. 24,000 TEU
vessels are currently under construction.
These mega vessels present operational and financial challenges for terminal operators
who need larger berths, bigger cranes and deeper water in order to accommodate these
huge vessels, resulting in a multi-tier system in which “bigger ships will make fewer port
calls”.
MARK MILLAR neptune EXCLUSIVE STUDY 5
