The fleets of NOOs in the small and medium sizes (700-9,000 TEU) have seen more vessel additions than deletions in the past 10 months. This evolution reverses a trend of continued decline for the NOO fleet, which started in August 2020 when carriers, led by MSC, started raiding the second-hand boxship market.
Since Alphaliner’s last review of the NOO fleet in May 2023, 86 new ships for a total capacity of 342,000 TEU have joined the stables of tonnage providers in the 700-9,000 TEU sizes.
Among them were 28 units of 1,500-1,999 TEU and 27 ships of 5,300-7,499 TEU.
There were also 15 ships of 2,700-2,900 TEU. These three families of energy-efficient ships are firmly becoming among the most popular in the charter market.
Against this, 80 vessels for 238,800 TEU left the NOO fleet in the last ten months, for most part sold to end users.
Source: Alphaliner
