KOREA's Hanjin Shipping, STX Pan Ocean and Sinokor are raising the capacity of their joint Far East-Middle East Express service (FMX), by replacing the four 4,250-TEU vessels operated by Hanjin with 5,300-TEU ships.
A report by Alphaliner said Hanjin has taken the larger 5,300-TEU ships from its transpacific services.
The two other ships used on the FMX, which are the 4,498-TEU STX Patraikos provided by STX Pan Ocean and the 3,484-TEU Williamsburg G Bridge provided by Sinokor, will continue to be operated on the service.
"These smaller ships are expected to continue on the FMX, since neither STX PO nor Sinokor have larger tonnage at hand, unlike Hanjin," Alphaliner added