The capacity of the global container ship fleet grew by 4.5 percent between January 2021 and January 2022. It is projected that its capacity will continue to grow in the following years, reaching a year-on-year growth rate of three percent in 2023 and 7.7 percent in 2024.
Capacity of the world's container vessels from 2020 to 2022, with a forecast through 2024
(in million TEUs)
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Baltic and International Maritime Council. (June 7, 2022). Capacity of the world's container vessels from 2020 to 2022, with a forecast through 2024 (in million TEUs) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/226018/capacity-of-global-container-ship-fleet/
Baltic and International Maritime Council. "Capacity of the world's container vessels from 2020 to 2022, with a forecast through 2024 (in million TEUs)." Chart. June 7, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/226018/capacity-of-global-container-ship-fleet/
Baltic and International Maritime Council. (2022). Capacity of the world's container vessels from 2020 to 2022, with a forecast through 2024 (in million TEUs). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/226018/capacity-of-global-container-ship-fleet/
Baltic and International Maritime Council. "Capacity of The World's Container Vessels from 2020 to 2022, with a Forecast through 2024 (in Million Teus)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/226018/capacity-of-global-container-ship-fleet/
Baltic and International Maritime Council, Capacity of the world's container vessels from 2020 to 2022, with a forecast through 2024 (in million TEUs) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/226018/capacity-of-global-container-ship-fleet/ (last visited May 07, 2025)
Capacity of the world's container vessels from 2020 to 2022, with a forecast through 2024 (in million TEUs) [Graph], Baltic and International Maritime Council, June 7, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/226018/capacity-of-global-container-ship-fleet/
