ONE and Hapag-Lloyd line up more than 30 newbuild contracts

Alphaliner is reporting that Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Hapag-Lloyd are close to finalising big orders in Asia as the record global container orderbook nears 10m teu. Singapore-based, Japanese-owned ONE is in discussions with HD Hyundai in South Korea for up to twelve 16,000 teu ships, in a deal estimated to be worth $2.6bn, while …