If the current dismantling speed continues, the container ship that was dismantled this year is likely to reach 450,000 TEU, exceeding the 2009 container ship dismantling record of 381,000 TEU.
In the first four months of 2013, a total of 195,000 TEU container ships have been dismantled. Compared with the average age of the dismantled container ship of 25-30 years, the age of the currently dismantled container ship has dropped to 22 years.
The surge in the number of container ships dismantled was mainly due to the increase in the number of 3,000 to 5,000 TEU container ships sold to the ship recycling facility. So far, 30 3,000 to 5,000 TEU container ships have been sold for dismantling so far this year, including the Maersk Malacca No. 4714TEU container ship built in 1990. In terms of the volume of containers, the container ship is the largest container dismantled. ferry.
The sister ship Maersk Malacca, the container ship of Maersk Merlion, will also be dismantled after the lease is completed later this month.
As shipowners choose larger rear Panamax container ships, resulting in excess capacity of 3,000 to 5,000 TEU Panama's largest container ships, it is expected that the trade prospects of the largest container ships of 3,000 to 5,000 TEU Panama are still not optimistic.
The five 4,528TEU container ships owned by APL Shipping will also be dismantled in the summer after the end of the Far East-US East Coast service through the Suez Canal. The five 4,528TEU container ships will be replaced by larger 8,000 to 9,000 TEU container ships.
Alphaliner, a French shipping consultancy, pointed out that despite the record-breaking shipbreaking, the ratio of container ships that will be retired from the world fleet to the total capacity of ships to be delivered will still only account for 1:3.
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