Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation and Hanwha Ocean have signed a contract for six new 13,000 TEU class LNG dual‑fuel container vessels, sources indicated on 4 September 2026.
The agreement was formalised at a signing attended by senior executives from both companies. Dr. Chuck Tsai, chairman of Yang Ming, and Mr. Charles Kim, chief executive of Hanwha Ocean, were named as the signatories in the report.
According to the published summary, the contract covers six ships of a 13,000 TEU class configured to operate on LNG dual fuel. The announcement identifies the order and the two companies involved but the supplied notes do not include further technical specifications or commercial terms.
reports recorded the item on 4 September 2026. The report attributes the contract to Yang Ming and Hanwha Ocean and lists the named executives who completed the agreement.
The report stated the vessels are scheduled for delivery but the summary provided for this article did not include specific delivery dates. No shipyard, price, financing details, or schedule intervals were supplied in the notes used for this piece.
Contract signatories and structure
Yang Ming’s chairman, Dr. Chuck Tsai, and Hanwha Ocean’s CEO, Mr. Charles Kim, are recorded in the report as having signed the shipbuilding contract on behalf of their respective organisations. The summary identifies the partnership as a direct contract between the two firms.
The vessels are described as 13,000 TEU class container ships with LNG dual‑fuel capability. Beyond that designation, the supplied facts do not elaborate on dimensions, engine makers, or outfitting.
What the published summary records next
The reports item confirms the existence of the contract and the identity of the signatories but the verification notes for this article stop short of providing the delivery timetable and other customary contract particulars. No additional corporate commentary or explanatory detail was included in the provided summary.
Yang Ming and Hanwha Ocean are presented in the report as the contractual parties; the supplied material does not include statements from either organisation beyond the identification of the signatories. The note of the report’s date serves as the only timestamp for the announcement in the facts given.
This account is confined to the elements set out in the published summary: the parties, the size and class of the vessels, the fuel capability as stated, the named executives who signed the agreement and the report’s publication date. Further details on delivery, construction timetable or commercial arrangements were not contained in the notes supplied for this story.