Interesting comments both Vladamir and Ted. I think that you are both making a good point in what you are saying. It,s soort of reminds me of the Tanker Game during the 1970,s. They kept building them bigger until they became uneconomical. At the end of the day I think that it is the market that dictates!. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Regards Frank

Well Vlad,, yes,,but until now it always stopped when ships had problems or broke apart,,never because of the logistic.

And you are correct Vlad on that also. But shipping lines think not that way,,they always think they forcing the ports,, dig deeper that we can go in or we go to another port. Ports are only to happy to oblige. Of course one of the major impacts for ports/countries is the logistic of getting such huge amounts of cargoes in and out of the ports. Whole cities are already negatively impacted by those problems worldwide. Even remote ports do not help much as in the end those massive amounts of container movements are still done on old streets and highways only a few miles away from the actual ports.

Mega container ships are but a part of a much larger logistic scheme; even when they are indeed more efficient in transporting large volumes of cargo by themselves, those savings do not necessarily mean more overall savings, as there are huge investments in the infrastructure taking care of these ships.
So, ultimately it's the economics that will make or break these vessels, and not the sea waves.

Cheers

Vlad

One wonders if it really stops when the first breaking apart and billions of dollars losses on one such mega ship occurs. It is of course a endless cycle,, MOL builds 21100,,they transport cheaper,,Maersk builds 22000 and gets the edge,,until MSC builds 24000 until CMA-CGM builds 26000 and so on,,will be interesting to watch

Thanks Vlad. That's interesting as OOIL indicate that these ships are on schedule.

Brgds
Phil

Thanks Vlad for the latest for MSC.
And a lot more coming our way.
Cheers,
Roy

Hi Phil,

There's one 400 meters hull assembling in the "Green Dock IV" at Samsung, with what looks like 8+11+5 bay distribution. For now, however, her hull color is darkish blue...wait...oh, but that is MOL 20,150 TEU vessel, then. :)

So, MOL vessels are under construction at Samsung, but so far no signs of OOCL ships.

Cheers

Vlad

Hi Vlad, any sign of OOCL's first 21,100TEU behemoth coming out of Samsung? Was due end of this year but most likely now 2017.

Brgds
Phil