At a time when many experts are not convinced that container shipping is really out of the woods, container capacity is being added to the world fleet. 

          According to Paris-based Alphaliner, a record 200,000 TEUs in ship capacity will be added in July, after 747,000 TEUs were delivered in the first half.

          Total new capacity deliveries in the first seven months of 2010 will hit around 950,000 TEUs or 7.3 per cent of the global fleet.
It is estimated that 1.45 million TEUs will be delivered during 2010.

          Alphaliner predicts that the full-year scrapping will be less than 200,000 TEUs for 2010, against 377,000 TEUs in 2009.
It is estimated that the full-year overall capacity increase, together with lower scrapping levels, will reach 9.6 per cent.