Hanjin Shipping names two 6,500-TEU ships for Asia/Europe trade

Hanjin Shipping names two 6,500-TEU ships for Asia/Europe trade South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping today christened the sixth and seventh vessels from an order for eight 6,500-TEU ships from Hyundai Heavy Industries.
   The two ships, Hanjin Mumbai and Hanjin Shenzhen, will replace 5,500-TEU vessels deployed on the Far East Europe Express (FEX) service of the COSCO, “K” Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin (CKYH) alliance.

Hanjin Mumbai

   Hanjin’s German affiliate Senator Lines also takes space on the FEX, which has a port rotation of Xingang, Kwangyang, Busan, Yantian, Singapore, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Singapore, Kaohsiung and back to Xingang.