Japan’s Shoei Kisen and Evangelos Marinakis-controlled Capital Maritime & Trading have advanced plans for ultra-large and neo-panamax boxship newbuildings.
Shipbuilding players said Shoei Kisen — the shipowning arm of privately owned Imabari Shipbuilding — has reserved six berths at Imabari for 23,000-teu newbuildings for charter to Ocean Network Express (ONE).
Officials at Imabari and Shoei Kisen told TradeWinds that they were not aware of the project.
