Next year is forecast to be the biggest year ever for containership deliveries.
In Braemar Seascope’s latest Quarterly Container Ship Fleet Statistics, it is estimated that around 1.7m teu is scheduled to be delivered during 2013.
In terms of annual fleet growth Braemar estimates the cellular fleet will expand in the region of 9.5 per cent in 2013.
Previously, the biggest year for cellular deliveries was 2008, with approximately 1.5m teu of new tonnage commissioned. Cellular deliveries in 2012 are estimated to total 1.3m teu.