CMA CGM Preparing Order for 22,000 TEU Containerships -Reports – gCaptain

Et donc, logiquement, on voit réapparaître les problèmes d’#assurabilité (outre la surcapacité actuelle…)

Insurers grow #twitchy as containerships get bigger and cargo more valuable - The Loadstar
▻https://theloadstar.co.uk/insurers-grow-twitchy-containerships-get-bigger-cargo-valuable

Notwithstanding liner industry concerns that the sector is already overtonnaged, the prospect of yet more behemoths being put into service has reignited the concerns of insurers.

In a LinkedIn post today, Michael Hauer, head of marine reinsurance for the Singapore branch of Munich RE, says the insurance industry needs to try to understand the likely exposure when – not if – a ULCV gets into trouble.

Indeed, when the 2008-built 8,110 teu MOL Comfort broke its back off the coast of Yemen in 2008, resulting in a total loss of the ship and 4,380 containers, the insured cargo loss was reported at some $300m.

Marine insurers typically calculate their average exposure per box at $50,000-$100,000, but Mr Hauer said amounts recorded for single containers lost from the MOL Comfort were considerably higher.

Mr Hauer said the growth in size of containerships, more than double in the last decade or so, also means that historical large loss values “must be called into question”.

cf. #MOL_Comfort