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Wan Hai Lines names new boxships

Taiwan’s container carrier Wan Hai Lines held ship naming ceremonies for its new container ships, Wan Hai 372 and Wan Hai 376.

The two vessels are in the series of 3,055 TEU boxships built by Japan Marine United Corporation ARIAKE Shipyard.

TSENG, LING-LIN, spouse of Steve Chang, Executive Vice President Commercial Department of Oriental Petrochemical (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. and YINGYING CHENG, spouse of AKITATSU SUZUKI, President of UNEI SHOJI CO., LTD, christened these two vessels respectively...

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Wan Hai issues US$320 million of bonds after loss

Wan Hai Lines is issuing US$320 million of bonds to improve its financial structure, after the Taiwanese liner operator sank into the red.

Wan Hai incurred a net loss of US$188.5 million in 2023, which deteriorated from a net profit of US$3.04 billion in 2022, ending 13 straight profitable years. The last time Wan Hai reported a net loss was in 2009, when the global financial crisis resulted in red ink of US$50.56 million that year.

Primarily an intra-Asia carrier, Wan Hai re-entered long-haul...

https://container-news.com/wan-hai-issues-us320-million-of-bonds-after-loss/

Wan Hai could replace Hapag-Lloyd in THE Alliance: Yang Ming ex-boss

Yang Ming Marine Transport’s ex-chairman Bronson Hsieh suggested to Taiwanese media that Wan Hai Lines could be a suitable substitute for Hapag-Lloyd in THE Alliance.

Speaking to ETToday, Hsieh noted that Wan Hai, which operates solo Transpacific routes, had ambitions of launching Asia-Europe services.

Wan Hai also has begun taking delivery of eighteen 13,000 TEU ships that were ordered during the Covid-19 pandemic.

On 17 January, Hapag-Lloyd, which with over 1.9 million TEU of capacity, is THE...

https://container-news.com/wan-hai-could-replace-hapag-lloyd-in-the-alliance-yang-ming-ex-boss/

Wan Hai unveils 13,100 TEU newbuild vessel

On 16 January, Wan Hai Lines conducted a ship naming ceremony for the WAN HAI A13, marked by a charitable donation, at the Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje shipyard.

WAN HAI A13 was handed over at the Geoje shipyard and commenced its journey to the Shanghai Port, where it will be integrated into Wan Hai Lines’s Asia to East Coast of North America service.

The WAN HAI A13 stands as the seventh vessel in the 13,100 TEU series of container ships collaboratively developed by Wan Hai Lines and Samsung...

https://container-news.com/wan-hai-unveils-13100-teu-newbuild-vessel/

Maersk charters ships from ONE and Yang Ming due to “insufficient” fleet

Maersk Line, which had not been as aggressive as its rivals in ordering newbuildings, is now finding itself short of Neo-Panamax ships as more vessels are rerouted round the Cape of Good Hope.

It has now transpired that Maersk Line has chartered the newly built 15,000 TEU ONE Focus from Ocean Network Express (ONE), in addition to the 13,100 TEU Wan Hai A12 that the Danish operator fixed from Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines.

Both ships have been assigned to Maersk Line’s TP6 Far East-US West Coast service...

https://container-news.com/maersk-charters-ships-from-one-and-yang-ming-due-to-insufficient-fleet/

Wan Hai to spruce up Kaohsiung terminal no. 5 for over US$300 million

Wan Hai Lines will spend over US$300 million to refurbish Terminal No. 5 in Kaohsiung Port.

The facility will open in 2026, with the capacity to process up to 2 million TEUs annually.

Wan Hai took over the terminal from its larger compatriot peer Evergreen Marine Corporation, which has shifted to Terminal No. 7.

Terminal No. 5 houses piers 79 to 81, which Wan Hai has leased from Taiwan International Ports Corporation, the state-owned entity that owns all ports on the island.

TIPC said that Wan Hai...

https://container-news.com/wan-hai-to-spruce-up-kaohsiung-terminal-no-5-for-over-us300-million/

Wan Hai splashes out US$37 million on new containers

Wan Hai Lines has embarked on new container orders, after a hiatus of about a year.

The Taiwanese intra-Asia carrier announced on 23 November that it has ordered 20,350 containers from Dong Fang International Container (Hong Kong), a unit of COSCO Shipping Development.

The total price is estimated at US$37.31 million.

Wan Hai, the 11th largest liner operator, said in a Taiwan Stock Exchange filing that the order aimed to fulfill business requirements.

Wan Hai launched solo Transpacific services...

https://container-news.com/wan-hai-splashes-out-us37-million-on-new-containers/

Wan Hai holds naming ceremony for new 3,000 TEU vessels

Taiwan-based ocean carrier Wan Hai Lines held ship naming ceremonies for two new container ships, Wan Hai 368 and Wan Hai 369.

Wan Hai Lines and Japan Marine United Corporation have deployed the third batch of their 3,055 TEU series ships, totaling twelve vessels. Wan Hai 368 and Wan Hai 369 are the 4th and 5th vessels in the series of ships, all built by Japan Marine United Corporation ARIAKE Shipyard.

For the ship naming ceremony, Eri Aburajima of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. & Taku Murase, Vice...

https://container-news.com/wan-hai-holds-naming-ceremony-for-new-3000-teu-vessels/

La FMC recibe triple cantidad de Quejas e impone Multimillonarias Sanciones

La Comisión Marítima Federal (FMC) ha presenciado un aumento significativo en quejas, lo que ha resultado en un aumento tres veces mayor en casos presentados ante la Comisión y en sanciones a líneas navieras por millones de dólares.

Esta entrada La FMC recibe triple cantidad de Quejas e impone...

https://fullavantenews.com/la-fmc-recibe-triple-cantidad-de-quejas-e-impone-multimillonarias-sanciones/?lang=es

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