Thai liner operator Regional Container Lines’ foray into the neo-panamax segment will be through the purchase of two 12,000 teu newbuild resales from Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding.
At a cost of $115m each, the ships are understood to have been ordered by Imabari’s ship-owning affiliate, Shoei Kisen Kaisha.
Vessel databases indicate that the ships will be delivered in September 2022 and January 2023, and will be named Santi Bhum and Thitti Bhum.
They are sister …

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