Orders amounted to $43.4 billion, 47.4% of the year’s total orders and surpassing entire cargo fleet order value of 2020
Containership orders zoom in 2021, says VesselsValue
As many as 561 container vessels were ordered in 2021 compared to 114 in 2020 and 107 in 2019, according to the latest report by VesselsValue.
"The 2021 boxship orders amounted to $43.39 billion, 47.4 percent of the year's total and surpassing the entire cargo fleet orderbook value of 2020. Asia accounted for the majority of 2021 containership orders with Taiwan, China, Singapore, South Korea, and Japan ordering 314 vessels between them, 66 percent of the global total," the report said.
