Container Vessel News Roundup | April 28 – Asia focus: deliveries to China and Japan; orders from Thailand, Hong Kong and Europe Container Vessel News Roundup | April 28 – Asia focus: deliveries to China and Japan; orders from Thailand, Hong Kong and Euro

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ONE Simplicity

ONE Simplicity

Japanese container liner company Ocean Network Express (ONE) has taken delivery of a new container vessel built by Imabari Shipbuilding.

Like her sister ship ONE Serenity, which was delivered in December 2025, ONE Simplicity has an LOA of 335.94 metres, a beam of 51 metres, a draught of 30.1 metres, and a gross tonnage of 140,233.

A 7G95ME-C10.6 main engine supplied by MAN delivers a service speed of approximately 22 knots.

 

Construction begins on final 11,000TEU ship in series for Thailand's RCL

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, began construction of a new container vessel on Monday, March 23.

The ship is the final unit in a series of four 11,000TEU container vessels ordered from SWS by Thai container liner company the RCL Group in April 2025.

SWS is also building two 4,400TEU vessels for RCL. All four of the 11,000TEU ships are scheduled to be delivered in 2027 while the 4,400TEU ships will follow in 2028.

 

Hong Kong's TS Lines taps Chinese builder for new 2,900TEU ships

Hong Kong-based container liner company TS Lines has placed an order for four new container vessels in a series to be constructed by China's Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding.

The contract for the four 2,900TEU vessels has a total cost of approximately US$168.6 million. Deliveries are scheduled to commence no later than May 2029.

TS Lines had earlier contracted Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding for the construction of two firm plus two optional 2,900TEU vessels. The total cost of the six firm ships is approximately US$252.9 million.