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2021: MSC ahead of Maersk in the container water market
According to the results of 2021, the German Shipping Company (MSC) removed Maersk from the position of the world's largest shipping line in terms of container capacity, according to the data of the analytical company Alphaliner, released in early January 2022. The German Shipping Company surpassed one key indicator: the number of containers it can transport on its owned and chartered ships.
By the end of 2021, MSC owned or chartered enough ships to carry the equivalent of 4.284 million sea containers, slightly ahead of Maersk with a total capacity of 4.282 million containers. Each container can, for example, transport 400 flat-screen TVs or 48 thousand bananas.
Both shipping lines have made different bets on the future of their industry. Maersk decided to shift the focus from shipping to more profitable business areas, such as air transportation, freight transportation, warehousing, port terminal management and the sale of logistics software. The company seeks to reinvent itself as a universal service provider at all stages of the supply chain. Meanwhile, MSC doubled its strategy to create a fleet of mega-ships capable of delivering cargo at the lowest possible prices, the company invested heavily in new and super-large vessels.
 | Copenhagen will undoubtedly be hurt to part with the first place. Being the largest container shipping company in the world has been an identity and pride for Maersk and Denmark since 1997. Although the operation of large ships is slightly more expensive, they can carry much more cargo, so when fully loaded, their routes will be more profitable than the routes of small ships, "said Simon Sundboell, founder of the eeSea shipping analytical platform. |  |
Important indicators are the number of containers and the size of the shipping line, since the indicator means that the MSC can carry more cargo than Maersk. The leadership place in the MSC ranking in terms of carrying capacity reflects the investments that the world's largest shipping lines make at the expense of the large profits made during the pandemic of coronavirus infection (COVID-19).[1]
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