Wan Hai orders 50,000 containers amid shortageBy Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporterWan Hai Lines Ltd (萬海航運) has purchased 50,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers from China International Marine Containers Ltd (CIMC, 中國國際海運集裝箱) at a cost of US$141.73 million amid a global container shortage, the company said in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange on Monday. The average price of the containers would be US$2,835 per unit, Wan Hai said. The Wan Hai Lines Ltd booth is pictured at the Asia Fruit Logistica trade show in Hong Kong on Sept. 6, 2017. Photo courtesy of Wan Hai Lines LtdMost of the new containers would be 40-foot high-cube containers, one of the most commonly used containers for ocean freight, Su said. Wan Hai owned 66 ships and was chartering 39 ships as of Sept. 1 last year.

Source: Taipei Times January 26, 2021 15:56 UTC