The average age of the containership fleet currently stands at 13.8 years,
although it drops to 11.1 years if calculated on a teu-weighted basis due to
younger age of the larger ships. Amongst the Top 15 carriers, MSC has the oldest
fleet with an average age of 16.8 years while Maersk has the oldest fleet on
teu-weighted terms at 12.8 years.
Despite the aging fleet, carriers have been slow in scrapping their older
tonnage, with just 163,000 teu scrapped year to date compared to new deliveries