Maersk's first 3E container ship face the "unemployment"

The number of idle global container capacity breakthrough million TEU mark, hit the highest peak since the outbreak of the financial crisis.

According to alphaliner news, due to the downturn in the freight, Maersk Maersk Line has flag ship up to 18000 TEUs 3E type container ship idle, and said it would have more large container ship to join the "team" of unemployment.

When it comes to 3E container ships idled, Maersk said: "the current overcapacity leads to consolidation is facing enormous challenges, especially the Eurasian trade routes, the negative growth in the demand of the market has been new delivery of ultra large container ships severely damaged. Unless the situation changes, it will see more container ships idle before Chinese New Year's day."

Maersk Group last week issued a profit warning, said the Department of transportation is expected to cut $600000000 in annual profits. Maersk container shipping business accounted for 40% of the Asia Europe trade route.

In the past 6 weeks, the emergence of a container ship idle climax, mainly due to the European trade routes on the 2M union a large number of idle container ship. According to data display alphaliner, idle container ship reached 263 aircraft, which 23 ships size greater than 7500TEU container ships, including Maersk shipping the idle 18000 TEU 3E container ship.

Alphaliner pointed out, such a huge amount of container ship capacity idle, shows the Asia Europe trade line facing much difficulty. Operators attempt to idle, improve the transport capacity, to achieve the interests of the big. The agency pointed out that with the advent of the winter off-season, the carrier will be the route network of rational restructuring and to withdraw more service voyage.

Alphaliner also said that some of the containers should be delivered in October, the new container has now been postponed, otherwise idle situation will be more serious. The delivery time of the ship was delayed for several weeks, and the owner did so in order to ease the pressure on the number of unused ships.