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News / Sinokor orders bigger box ships to boost capacity on India service

FELIXSTOWE BRIDGE Credit VesselFinder
Sinokor's 5,047 teu Felixstowe Bridge. Photo: VesselFinder
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Sinokor Merchant Marine, South Korea’s largest non-listed shipping company, has ordered 8,000 teu ships for the first time.

The company, through subsidiary Sinokor Line, usually operates intra-Asia services using ships of up to 4,000 teu, and functions as a tonnage provider of vessels up to around ...

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