Mega Ship Ready

Scale increases in container vessel size are a well-documented and much debated topic. The search for economies of scale and the focus on cost control have pushed the container shipping industry towards the deployment of ever larger containerships

One of the most striking trends in the maritime industry in recent years has been the increasing size of container ships, the largest of which is approximately ten times bigger than they were a decade ago.

“Mega Ship” is a terminology coined sometime around 2013 when Maersk line introduces the Triple E series of ships that can carry 18,340 TEUs. The term “Mega Ships” has since been used synonymously with the term “Ultra Large Container Vessel”.

The bigger, the more economical – the conventional logic may not always apply to container ships in Asia-to-Europe traffic

Digitization allows ports to easily identify, assess and leverage what is available in the port ecosystem through technologies such as dashboards and touchscreens.