The containership fleet capacity currently stands at 29.37m TEU and will reach
30m TEU by the end of June this year. Although the nominal fleet growth has
reached 10% YoY, effective capacity on the 4 main East-West trades has grown by
only 3% this year as the vessel diversions to the Cape route due to the Red Sea
crisis has absorbed most of the new capacity.
At a global level, effective capacity on all 33 inter-regional linehaul routes
tracked by Linerlytica has shrunk by -4% YoY, with reduced