Mega container ships and shipping alliances

• Main Author: Wu, Guoqin
• Other Authors: Tan Kim Hock
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies::Maritime management and business
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71711
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In recent years, container ships have been growing bigger and bigger, with capacities going beyond 18,000 TEUs. The main driver of this trend has been to capitalize on the economies of scale these mega-container ships can bring. However, with the current state of affairs going on in the world, the c...