The largest container ships scrapped to date have been in the 6000-7000 TEU class. Most recent scrapping has centred around "old panamax" beam vessels of 3500-5000 TEU, including some relatively modern ships of 10-12 years old. No one is scrapping "big" vessels of 10,000 TEU+

Well, it's been 12 years since the introduction of ultra-large container vessels of this "twin superstructure" type (even as Maersk "E" class were there before, as far as the capacity is concerned), and this trend does not show signs of stopping. Expect new ships of this size for HMM and Hapag Lloyd, for instance. Scrubbers and LNG fuel are all the rage now, and woe to older and smaller ships which are bound to disappear just like single hull tankers...

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Vlad

Just hope these big vessels don't go the same way as the Airbus A380. After 12 years they are now dismantling them it seems.

Yes, it shows that they share the common design office. Samsung vessels for MSC have different appearance due to different main accommodation / bridge design.

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Vlad

Bigger indeed, but with distinct design similarities around the superstructure.

Wow - big ! But bigger than those Triple E's?