Maersk Said to Be Lining Up Massive Containership Order

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Rumors are gaining ground in shipbroking circles that Maersk is on the verge of making a series of huge new orders for vessels, potentially doubling its newbuilding pipeline.

Over the course of last week, analysts at Linerlytica noted that the Danish carrier had been the most active carrier on the charter market “as it scrambles to secure additional tonnage to maintain service coverage to replace chartered vessel redeliveries while having a limited number of new deliveries scheduled for the next 12 months.

“It will start to address the shortage with a massive newbuilding program starting