Alphaliner: Evergreen has the youngest fleet among large shipowners.

Alphaliner, a company specialized in data and indicators of economic activity in the port sector, indicated that Evergreen currently leads the ranking of the youngest fleets in maritime container transport, with an average age of 9.3 years per ship. Soon after, Wan Hai appears, aged 9.4 years, and HMM, aged 9.6 years, in a clear sign of a commitment to more modern tonnage in a sector increasingly pressured by energy efficiency and decarbonization.

The contrast with some of the largest operators in the world is evident. MSC, despite continuing to lead in capacity, appears much lower in this table, with an average age of close to 17 years, largely due to its growth strategy based on the purchase of second-hand ships. Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and COSCO have fleets with an average age of over 13 years.

Fleet renewal is gaining strategic weight at a time when shipowners face new environmental and operational demands, from EEXI to CII, at the same time that the low number of ships sent for scrapping has contributed to the gradual aging of the world fleet.

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