Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) from South Korea has denied it has sealed a deal to take five 11,000 teu boxship newbuilds from the UK’s Zodiac Marine on charter.
News carried on this site yesterday that the two parties who do have a chartering history together had sealed a deal whereby the British tonnage provider will order scrubber-installed vessels at the Korean yard Hyundai Heavy Industries was described by one HMM official in contact with Splash on Tuesday as “not a fact”.
Allied Shipbroking had the Zodiac/HMM deal as done with each ship pegged as $90m.
Since securing its future after a tricky restructuring last year, HMM has set about reestablishing itself outlining plans to order new ships, take more in on charter as well as buying more terminals around the world.
