Wan Hai warns of battle for boxes as peak season starts early
The traditional peak season has started early, before the usual July-October period, as shippers are ...
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Taiwanese liner operator Wan Hai Lines upped the ante in the newbuilding race today, returning to Japan Marine United Corporation and Nihon Shipyard for 12 more ships.
Wan Hai has ordered a dozen 3,055 teu containerships from Japanese ship builder Nihon Shipyard, a joint-venture between JMUC and Imabari Shipbuilding.
They will start being delivered from end-July 2023 and Wan Hai said the price of each vessel ranged from to $45.6m to $48.6m.
It almost duplicates the order for a dozen 3,013 teu ships from ...
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