40 years of dramatic change – the old and the new

CAPTION

MSC’s Barbara D.

The 18 270-TEU Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller. The

current biggest is the 20 568-TEU Maersk Madrid.

The SA Se derberg, one of four sister ships built in

1977 and 1978. The 2450-TEU (later increased to

2500 -TEU) vessels were known as the ‘Big Whites’.

Nedlloyd Seoul loading in Durban before the

Dutch Nedlloyd Lines merged with British P&O

Containers Ltd in 1996 to become P&O Nedlloyd,

which was in turn taken over in 2005 by Maersk.

The 19 224 -TEU MSC Oscar christened in 2015.

The first groupage container being loaded at

Durban harbour onto the Induna.