Hanjin Shipping adds 6,500-TEU newbuilding to FEX

Hanjin Shipping, based in South Korea, plans to deploy an additional 6,500-TEU vessel on its Far East Europe Express service.

The new deployed ship is Hanjin Chongqing, recently named at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan City and is the last in a series of the eight 6,500-TEU vessels on order since 2004. As well as the other seven 6,500-TEU vessels delivered earlier, the Hanjin Chongqing is equipped with a state-of-the art engine, which allows for 27 knots with minimum fuel consumption. The ship is also air pollution-free as the engine completely burns the fuel. Hanjin Shipping said the latest 6,500-TEU box ship would replace the existing 5,500-TEU ship used on the FEX service. As a result, all vessels in the service will be upgraded from 5,500 TEU to 6,500 TEU. The port rotation for the Far East Europe Express service is: Xingang, Gwangyang, Busan, Yantian, Singapore, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Singapore, Kaohsiung, returning to Xingang.
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