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6 million seems like a underestimate. There are meant to be 54k container ships in the world. That would mean an average of 110 containers per ship, and ignores
by elevaet 4y ago
6 million seems like a underestimate. There are meant to be 54k container ships in the world. That would mean an average of 110 containers per ship, and ignores all of the ones in use on land. Some of those ships can carry 24k containers _each_.
- walrus01 4y agoThere are not at all a vast number of 8,000 TEU+ ships however. Small enough that any one ship owning company might have a few dozen at most. Evergreen says it has something like 150 ships.
- GauntletWizard 4y agoEvergreen is still growing, though; They've got several 8,000+ TEU ships set to launch in the next few years. Consolidation is key. I would guess that the next answer is "Evergreen gets multiple Owner codes", because that's a real simple way to stretch it, but...