News / Wan Hai books four more neo-panamaxes from Samsung Heavy Industries

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Wan Hai Lines has ordered four more 13,100 teu ships from Samsung Heavy Industries, just weeks after purchasing four similar newbuilding resales at the South Korean shipyard.

The Taiwanese liner operator said in a Taiwan Stock Exchange filing on 31 May it had ordered the neo-panamax vessels, which are priced at $118.5m-$125m and will be delivered from Q2 23.

It’s up to $54.4m more than Wan Hai paid for the resales, which were acquired from Greek owner Capital Maritime & Trading on ...