To study the commercial and operational advantages and disadvantages of mega containerships (>14,000TEU) : mega containerships and alliances (part III)

Mega containerships had been making headlines due to their massive sizes and the potential cost savings they could bring to carriers. There had been a recent trend of vessels more than 14,000TEU filling order books. In fact, the largest containerships delivered so far are Maersk’s 18,000TEU Triple-E...

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Main Author: Lee, Cheok Wing
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-607812023-03-03T17:04:44Z To study the commercial and operational advantages and disadvantages of mega containerships (>14,000TEU) : mega containerships and alliances (part III) Lee, Cheok Wing School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Tan Hong Yi, Kenneth DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies::Maritime management and business Mega containerships had been making headlines due to their massive sizes and the potential cost savings they could bring to carriers. There had been a recent trend of vessels more than 14,000TEU filling order books. In fact, the largest containerships delivered so far are Maersk’s 18,000TEU Triple-E class vessels, and CSCL has 19,000TEU vessels in the orderbooks with the first due for delivery in November 2014. While mega containerships promised economies of scale and cost savings, these benefits could be impacted by the lacklustre state of the container shipping market as well as other factors which will be further analysed in this report. Bachelor of Science (Maritime Studies) 2014-05-30T06:11:11Z 2014-05-30T06:11:11Z 2014 2014 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60781 en Nanyang Technological University 68 p. application/pdf
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To study the commercial and operational advantages and disadvantages of mega containerships (>14,000TEU) : mega containerships and alliances (part III)
description Mega containerships had been making headlines due to their massive sizes and the potential cost savings they could bring to carriers. There had been a recent trend of vessels more than 14,000TEU filling order books. In fact, the largest containerships delivered so far are Maersk’s 18,000TEU Triple-E class vessels, and CSCL has 19,000TEU vessels in the orderbooks with the first due for delivery in November 2014. While mega containerships promised economies of scale and cost savings, these benefits could be impacted by the lacklustre state of the container shipping market as well as other factors which will be further analysed in this report.
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title To study the commercial and operational advantages and disadvantages of mega containerships (>14,000TEU) : mega containerships and alliances (part III)
title_short To study the commercial and operational advantages and disadvantages of mega containerships (>14,000TEU) : mega containerships and alliances (part III)
title_full To study the commercial and operational advantages and disadvantages of mega containerships (>14,000TEU) : mega containerships and alliances (part III)
title_fullStr To study the commercial and operational advantages and disadvantages of mega containerships (>14,000TEU) : mega containerships and alliances (part III)
title_full_unstemmed To study the commercial and operational advantages and disadvantages of mega containerships (>14,000TEU) : mega containerships and alliances (part III)
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