Shipbuilders postponed delivery to OOCL of four new containerships partly because of production delays.
The delay, linked to the supply of parts, won’t trigger any penalties or other financial consequences, Stanley Shen, a spokesman in Hong Kong, told Bloomberg news.
The Hong Kong-based shipping line is also postponing the return of some charter ships to shipowners to avoid adding new vessels in traditionally quieter parts of the year, he said.
The four ships will be delivered in 2013 after delays of as much as two quarters, the shipping line said in a statement Tuesday.
OOCL is buying the vessels, each able to carry about 8,600 containers, from China Shipbuilding Trading Co. and Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding.
The delay, linked to the supply of parts, won’t trigger any penalties or other financial consequences, Stanley Shen, a spokesman in Hong Kong, told Bloomberg news.
The Hong Kong-based shipping line is also postponing the return of some charter ships to shipowners to avoid adding new vessels in traditionally quieter parts of the year, he said.
The four ships will be delivered in 2013 after delays of as much as two quarters, the shipping line said in a statement Tuesday.
OOCL is buying the vessels, each able to carry about 8,600 containers, from China Shipbuilding Trading Co. and Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding.