Container-ship sizes also continue to grow. The
years 2013 and 2014 have seen new records in size
deliveries. Starting with ships of 16,000 TEU deployed
by CMA-CGM in early 2013, these were surpassed
by Maersk’s series of 20 ships of 18,270 TEU in mid-
2014, which in turn are expected to be surpassed
by upgraded 19,000 TEU ships built in the Republic
of Korea for China Shipping end of 2014 (Dynamar
B.V., 2014).