The Geneva-headquartered company’s operated fleet hit
1,000 container vessels with the charter of the 868 teu Admiral Neptune. According to
Alphaliner MSC thousand vessels container ship fleet has a total capacity of
7.32 million teu, some 2.67 million teu larger than its nearest rival Maersk with a fleet 736 vessels. MSC’s fleet of 1,000 container ships comprises
dedicated container vessels as well as what Alphaliner describes as “container
friendly” multipurpose ships, and also includes various affiliated companies
such as WEC Lines, Log-in-Logistica, and Medlog.
The Admiral Neptune is currently docked in the Port of
Antwerp according to AIS data and the analyst said it was set to join MSC’s
Antwerp – Grangemouth service.