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Skou: the force of the question of containerized marine transport badly is estimated
In an interview to the WSJ the CEO of Maersk has specified that, with it ratifies it of the agreement with MSC and CMA CGM, the three companies will reduce from 300 to 250 the number of the ships employed between Asia and Europe
September 26, 2013
When in 2011 shipowning group Danish A.P has ordered to the construction of a series of container vessels of the ability 18.000 records of teu. Møller-Mærsk has badly estimated the force of the question of containerized marine transport. Søren Skou has declared, managing director of the Maersk Line, the company that work the fleet of portacontenitori of the Danish group, in an interview which released to "Wall Street Journal" explaining that the question has revealed very more weak person regarding the forecasts from two year ago when the group has commissioned the ships in order to employ them on the Asia-Europe routes.
A.P. Møller-Mærsk has invested 3,7 billion dollars in order to equip itself of 20 ships from 18.000 teu of the series Triple (Efficiency, Economy of scales, Environment) ( on 18 February, 21 February and 27 june 2011). "He is more rather obvious - it has continued Skou - than, returning to the first part of 2011 when these ships are ordered, our appraisal on the increase, as that of anyone other, has been more rather different from that which then it has been revealed to be and therefore the market in 2015 will not be very larger as had thought that it would have been".
Skou has remembered that recently Maersk Line has constituted the P3 alliance Network with the companies Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and CMA CGM ( on 18 June 2013). In the course of the interview to "Wall Street Journal" the managing director of the Danish company has specified that through the new alliance Maersk Line he expects "to reduce the costs anniversaries of 8% and to increase the ability to 6% employing less larger ships but. Currently - it has added - the partner of P3 uses 300 ships between Asia and the Europe, but once that the agreement will be ratified the number will come quickly reduced to 250 with consequent a remarkable saving from which we will draw an immediate benefit".
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When in 2011 shipowning group Danish A.P has ordered to the construction of a series of container vessels of the ability 18.000 records of teu. Møller-Mærsk has badly estimated the force of the question of containerized marine transport. Søren Skou has declared, managing director of the Maersk Line, the company that work the fleet of portacontenitori of the Danish group, in an interview which released to "Wall Street Journal" explaining that the question has revealed very more weak person regarding the forecasts from two year ago when the group has commissioned the ships in order to employ them on the Asia-Europe routes.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
