News / Zim confirms it will charter neo-panamax ships from rival carrier RCL

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Israeli liner operator Zim has confirmed to The Loadstar that it will charter two neo-panamax ships from Thai intra-Asia carrier Regional Container Lines.

It is rare for liner operators to charter their ships to rivals, although Yang Ming recently re-let a chartered-in vessel, Express Berlin, to Maersk Line.

The ships RCL is chartering to Zim are 11,800 teu newbuilding resales that the Thai company purchased from Japanese tonnage provider Shoei Kisen Kaisha, whose affiliate, Imabari Shipbuilding, is constructing them for delivery in ...