Hapag-Lloyd orders 150,000 teu of standard and reefer containers worth US$550m
Hapag-Lloyd has ordered 150,000 teu of standard and reefer containers as boxes are turning slower, thus the shipping line needs more than the normal number of boxes to carry the same volume.
The containers were ordered from China, with some of the boxes already having been delivered and integrated into Hapag-Lloyd’s existing fleet in the first quarter of 2021.
In a statement posted to his LinkedIn profile, Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, stated: “During the last months we have experienced a much stronger than anticipated rebound in demand, COVID-19 related labour shortages and congestion in ports.
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