Release date: 2015/02/05

 

     It is reported, Denmark's Maersk Line (Maersk Line) for the equivalent of $550 million total cost of the order of 10 regional container ship, and in the shipbuilding enterprises in the new bidding project.

　  Shipping companies set up a common course is divided into three types:

　  1, the liner Vessel main routes, general port of a host, is the main liner.

　  2, Express Vessel, also known as the Express, mainly affiliated secondary port, is the main line of feeder.

　  3, Feeder vessel, called a Feeder route, general affiliated various regional port, Feeder route distance is very short, usually between two or three ports between short barge. As the name implies feeder vessel is refers to the the ship on the feeder route operation luo usually ship volume is not particularly big.

　  According to TradeWinds, the new project according to the international maritime organization (IMO) of sulfur oxide emissions Control Area (Sulphur Emission Control Area, SECA) project under specification, the specification will take effect from next January, will need to ship fuel sulfur content to Control below 0.1% level. In this background, the company in order to continue to operate in the Baltic sea container ships, the new building project is indispensable.

　  According to industry sources said the Maersk company is planning a series of 3400 teu ship new building projects, and recently in China, South Korea, Japan began to bid for shipyard. Relevant regional container ship is expected to become Ice - class level Wide - beam type specification of ship. According to estimates, to participate in the bidding project of the conditions of the shipyard or will be delivered in 2017, the industry estimates, given the Ice - class and low sulfur oxide emissions of ship construction experience, south Korean shipyard most likely get the order.

　  Maersk container shipping giant and leading, Denmark's Maersk Line (Maersk Line) cost of $550 million for 10 regional container ships, that Maersk bullish on the future regional market, with the deepening of the era of the ship, shipping companies are actively promote large-scale container ship, thus ignore the feeder vessel market, especially in the era of low oil prices, a small container ship is also very profitable, Maersk push ship large, on the other side of board feeder vessel market, the future of the feeder vessel.