Yang Ming confirms order for four 8,200-TEU ships
Taiwan’s Yang Ming Marine Transport has confirmed an order for four ships of 8,200-TEU capacity and has signed the shipbuilding contract for them with Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Yang Ming said that the ships will be delivered from the end of 2006 to early 2007. The ships will operate in the Asia/Europe trade, where they will be utilized in Yang Ming’s and “K” Line’s joint services.
“K” Line has also recently ordered four 8,120-TEU vessels from the Japanese shipyard I. H. I. Marine United Inc.