Yesterday with the departure of the HMM St. Petersburg , new container ship delivered on Friday to the HMM shipping company from the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard, the South Korean company entered the Asia-Europe route all the container ships of the 24,000 teu capacity ordered two years ago ( of the September 28 2018). Announcing the commissioning of the new ship, HMM has highlighted the success of its own large-capacity container building programme and great efficiency that enable remarkable economies of scale. In particular, HMM pointed out that, compared to the 15,000 teu vessels that are usually used on this route, the 24,000 teu units ensure increased competitiveness through a reduction in fuel costs of -13% per cent per cent. container teu transported. The chief executive of the South Korean company, Jae-hoon Bae, said that if the market was first placed in service of high-capacity carriers, the market had expressed perplexity and concern about the use of such large vessels. carried out, now instead the efficiency of the mega container ships has been proven.