{"id":13370,"date":"2025-07-30T15:28:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/container-lines-invest-heavily-in-newbuilds-amid-congestion-pressures\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:29:12","slug":"container-lines-invest-heavily-in-newbuilds-amid-congestion-pressures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/container-lines-invest-heavily-in-newbuilds-amid-congestion-pressures\/","title":{"rendered":"Container lines invest heavily in newbuilds amid congestion pressures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Major shipping companies like MSC and Yang Ming have placed record orders for dual\u2011fuel and alternative\u2011energy vessels. <\/span><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">With a wave of new capacity expected by 2026, the industry aims to ease congestion and meet stricter emissions standards that will also affect Canadian trade routes.<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Container carriers have ramped up newbuild orders in dramatic fashion; globally, container ship orders surged nearly\u00a0<b>288% year-over-year in the first half of 2025<\/b>, largely in response to widespread port congestion, route diversions via the Cape of Good Hope, and the need for more flexible deployment amid geopolitical disruptions. Major players are investing in larger and greener vessels: MSC is locking in a series of <b>21,000<\/b><b>\u202f<\/b><b>TEU dual-fuel mega\u2011ships<\/b>, while Yang Ming approved seven <b>15,000<\/b><b>\u202f<\/b><b>TEU LNG dual\u2011fuel vessels<\/b>, set for delivery in 2028\u201329 as part of its fleet modernization strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">In total, container carrier order books now include hundreds of dual\u2011fuel vessels aimed at hedging against fuel uncertainty and complying with rising emissions standards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">These investments reflect market recalibration, not just to expand capacity but to future\u2011proof operations amidst climate regulations, operational unpredictability, and continued congestion challenges affecting global trade flows and Canadian import\/export logistics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Read more in an\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_MsoHyperlink\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><a title=\"https:\/\/www.seatrade-maritime.com\/containers\/boxship-ordering-hits-six-year-high-amid-red-sea-disruption\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seatrade-maritime.com\/containers\/boxship-ordering-hits-six-year-high-amid-red-sea-disruption\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">article from The Seatrade<\/a>\u00a0Maritime News<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major shipping companies like MSC and Yang Ming have placed record orders for dual\u2011fuel and alternative\u2011energy vessels. With a wave of new capacity expected by 2026, the industry aims to ease congestion and meet stricter emissions standards that will also affect Canadian trade routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":11851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[962],"types-de-nouvelles":[],"class_list":["post-13370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-freight-news","tag-msc-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13371,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13370\/revisions\/13371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13370"},{"taxonomy":"types-de-nouvelles","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types-de-nouvelles?post=13370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}