THE Hanjin Philippines Shipyard of Subic Bay has received a letter of
intent to order five 9,000-TEU ships with an option to purchase five
more of the same size
HYUNDAI Heavy Industries (HHI) is reportedly ready to close to a deal for more than US$2 billion to start building seventeen 14,000- to 18,000-TEU ships
Maersk Line, MSC and CMA CGM now have such big economies of scale in the transpacific that they can ride out the current eastbound freight rate war more comfortably than the rest of the pack.
THE US Federal Maritime Commission is considering complaints from Cosco,
Evergreen, China Shipping, Hanjin, Horizon Lines, "K" Line, NYK, UASC
and Yang Ming
THE neo-panamax 8,000-TEU wide beam vessels has seen increased use in
first five months of 2013 at 31 orders to total 82 units sold in less
than three years.
THE United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is to launch a second WAF relay
loop with Hanjin Shipping to complement the existing relay service to
and from West Africa