💡Why Does MSC Keep Buying Old Container Ships?
🔥A silent strategy reshaping global container power.
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For most of the industry, buying 20-year-old ships sounds risky.
For MSC, it has become a weapon.
In December alone, MSC bought:
A 2,500-TEU ship for $29m (built 2005)
Another similar ship for $17m (built 2001)
Two 5,900-TEU ships for $34m
And several mid-size ships between 3,500–3,800 TEU
Since August 2020, MSC has bought a “mind-blowing” ~480 secondhand ships.
So, the real question isn’t how they buy.
It’s why.
1️⃣ The Market Setup: Why Sellers Are Running Out?
2️⃣ The Hidden Advantage: Instant Capacity, No Waiting!
3️⃣ Control Beats Leasing: The Strategic Shift!
4️⃣ Size Is Power! (And MSC Is Chasing 1,000 Ships)
5️⃣ Secondhand Growth Feeds a Bigger Machine!
6️⃣ Environmental Risk? MSC Balances It Carefully
Ready to reveal them all?
1️⃣ The Market Setup: Why Sellers Are Running Out?
Right now:
Few ships are available charter-free
Owners are asking high prices
But MSC still buys
Why? Because:
Many small German owners are exiting
New environmental rules are coming
Old fleets are becoming expensive to keep
💡So MSC steps in as the last big buyer standing.
2️⃣ The Hidden Advantage: Instant Capacity, No Waiting!
New ships:
Take 3–4 years to deliver
Cost $200–$270 million each
Secondhand ships: