Global Container Ship Order Book Achieves New Record High of 8.3M TEUs

By 2024 end, the container ship order book touched 8.3 million TEU, a new record than the 7.8 million TEU of early 2023, said Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO.

The order book increased despite deliveries, as 4.4 million TEU were contracted during 2024, and hit a new record high of 2.9 million TEU.

Ships 8k TEU or bigger make 92% of the orderbook. The segment 12 to 17k TEU makes up 46% of the order book capacity.

Due to the contracting boom continuing over