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OOCL to upgrade fleet.

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| October 09, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From The Standard)

Byline: Keith Wallis

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), the Tung family-controlled shipping company, is upgrading its fleet with four 5,700-TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) container ships that together are worth about US$240 million (HK$1.87 billion).

The ships have been ordered from Japan's Imabari Shipbuilding by Imabari's parent company Shoei Kisen which agreed on a long-term charter with OOCL. The vessels will be delivered by the end of 2005 and replace older tonnage. With space at many shipyards at a premium, market insiders said Imabari had ``bumped off'' a Japanese shipowner to guarantee OOCL delivery of the vessels in …

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