T.S. Lines, a container shipping company based in Hong Kong is looking for shipbuilders for a total of four new container ships, sources said.

According to TradeWinds, the shipping company is reaching shipbuilders in Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan for two 1,000teu and two 2,800teu container ships to expand its existing fleet.
“The negotiation is still in its early stage, and the company has not decided the delivery date yet,” an official from a shipbuilding company said.

T.S. Lines, on the other hand, is also understood as planning to purchase 4,000-6,000teu second-hand container ships, with exact number unknown.

The company is operating over 30 container vessels while owning only two of them. The shipping company will take delivery of two 1,800teu vessels in coming October and December from CSBC, a shipbuilder in Taiwan.