12 HMM container ships’ sticker price $1.57 billion

HMM announced Tuesday that it will pay $1.57 billion for 12 container ships that each can carry 13,000 twenty-foot equivalent units. 

The ocean carrier said it had signed the newbuild contracts with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Hyundai Heavy Industries, both located in South Korea. Each shipyard will build six container ships, with all 12 scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2024. All will be installed with hybrid scrubbers and designed to be liquefied natural gas ready.

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HMM Takes Delivery of Second 16,000 TEU Containership

Hyundai Heavy Industries hosted a naming ceremony for the 16,000 TEU container ship HMM Gaon, at its headquarters in Ulsan on March 22, reports Offshore Energy.

Second newbuild from HMM

The colossal containership is the second newbuild from a batch of eight ships ordered by HMM. The start of the deliveries was marked by HMM Nuri earlier this week.

According to HMM, the ‘Gaon’ in pure Korean means “become a centre of the world.” All eight ships are scheduled to be delivered from March throughout...

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HMM Cementing Position with Deployment of Eight Newbuilds

HMM is strengthening its status within THE Alliance with the earlier-then-expected deployment of its eight 16,000 teu class newbuilds next month, says an article published in the Loadstar.

About The Vessels

When ordered by the South Korean carrier in 2018, the vessels were described as having a maximum intake of 15,300 teu and were stemmed for delivery in the first half of this year.

The first, the 16,010 teu HMM Nuri, is on sea trials and expected to be phased-in to THEA’s Asia-North Europe FE4...

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