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TS Lines takes on its largest ship
TS Lines from Taiwan has taken on its largest ever ship. The company has chartered the 8,533 teu Lloyd Don Giovanni from Germany’s Zeaborn for three months for a price Alphaliner is reporting at $12,500 a day. The ship will go on a route from China to India and Pakistan, a service operated with Evergreen, ONE, Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming, Feedertech, COSCO and PIL.
Previously the largest ship operated by TS Lines, an intra-Asia player, was the 6,966 teu which it operated for 11 months from November 2015.
The company currently operates 36 container vessels totalling 71,100 teu.