Evergreen orders ten 2,800-TEU feeders from CSBC and Imabari
ADDING to an already burgeoning fleet of 205 ships with combined carrying capacity of 974,762 TEU, Taiwan's Evergreen Marine has ordered ten 2,800-TEU feeder ships from the Taiwon's CSBC Corp and Japan's Imabari Shipbuilding.
The container shipping line said it has approached CSBC to build five of the ships for US$185 million to $195 million. Imabari will build the other five vessels for a similar price, reported Seatrade Maritime News.
The ocean liner's current orderbook includes ten chartered vessels of 14,000 TEU to be delivered in 2016-17, and 11 chartered ships of 18,000 TEU for delivery between 2018 and 2019.