ONE signed the agreement with Shoei Kisen Kaisha, a ship leasing business owned by Imabari Shipbuilding Co., for a total of six of the ultra large boxships planned for delivery in 2023 and 2024. The new ships will be built by a consortium of Imabari Shipbuilding Co. and Japan Marine United Corporation. They will operate under a 15-year charter to the network.“This new class of ships will join our core fleet and forms part of our ongoing strategy to introduce large, modern, and fuel-efficient vessels to further strengthen our fleet competitiveness,” ONE said in announcing the agreement. The six new ULCS, with a capacity exceeding 24,000 TEU, ONE said would help bring economies of scale and significantly lower carbon emissions through a state-of-the-art hull design that aims to maximize cargo intake and minimize fuel consumption. The vessels will also be equipped with exhaust gas cleaning systems to meet the emissions regulations of the IMO.Currently, the largest ships operating for ONE is Mitusi O.S.K. Lines’ Triumph class built in 2017 and 2018. That class of six ships is 210,000 DWT with a capacity of approximately 20,000 TEU. Those ships have a length of 1,312 feet.
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