Second-tier carrier fleet growth exceeds market average
The eighteen medium-sized carriers ranked 13 to 30 in Alphaliner’s Top 100 currently control a combined fleet of just over 2.0 Mteu. This represents a joint 6.5% share of the global fleet.
This marks a slight increase on last year’s 6.3%, but is still substantially lower than the 9.4% share recorded at the start of 2023.
Over the past twelve months, the overall capacity of the eighteen carriers grew by 12.4%, outpacing the 10.2% increase in the world liner fleet.
For the second consecutive year, SeaLead Shipping recorded the largest capacity addition among the second-tier lines. The addition of an extra 64,863 teu slots pushed the company from the 17th to 13th spot. The Singapore-based carrier grew rapidly using chartered tonnage.
Meanwhile, Tangshan Port Hede Shipping, one of two new entrants in the Top 30 list, saw the greatest capacity jump by percentage, with an increase of 75.6% versus last year.
About 80% of this capacity increase came from additional tonnage that the Chinese operator chartered for its two new Transpacific loops, ‘HDS’ and ‘HDS2’, which mark Hede’s first ever foray into deep-sea liner services.
Source: Alphaliner
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