Hanjin, Maersk lead lines in idling fleet

Hanjin, Maersk lead lines in idling fleet    Maersk Line and Hanjin Shipping are the two most active idlers of containership capacity by volume, according to the maritime news service Alphaliner.
   In report Monday, Alphaliner said Maersk has nearly 132,000 TEUs of capacity shelved, while Hanjin has 103,000 TEUs idled. However, given that Maersk's fleet is more than four times the size of Hanjin (in terms of container slots), the Korean carrier has a much higher percentage of its capacity idled (23.8 percent) than Maersk (6.4 percent).
   Rounding out the top five of the biggest idlers are 'K' Line, Zim and Hyundai Merchant Marine. Those three are all outside of the top 10 in terms of capacity, making the percentage of capacity they've laid up all the more significant.
   Only MISC Berhad, which recently dropped out of the Asia/Europe trade lane, is idling a higher percentage of its fleet than Hanjin. MISC has laid up 41.6 percent of its fleet, but the Malaysia-based carrier is no longer one of the world’s top 20.
   Overall, 11.6 percent of the global fleet is idled, representing 1.5 million TEUs.