News / ASL expands vessel-owning plan with order for more feeders

Credit Asean Seas Line

Privately owned Chinese intra-Asia carrier Asean Sea Lines (ASL), which ordered its first newbuildings last year, has expanded its orderbook with another 1,800 teu pair at Huanghai Shipbuilding.

The new ships are priced at $32.6m each and will be delivered in August 2023.

ASL, ranked 96th among liner operators, had been operating chartered vessels but decided on ship-owning due to rising charter costs, and in March last year, it ordered two 1,900 teu ships from CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding for delivery by ...