K Line to add four new car carriers

The four newbuildings add on to K Line's recent identical four-vessel shipbuilding contracts with the same Japanese shipyards.

Each of the shipyards will build four new K Line car carriers, with delivery starting in 2015 and continuing through the first quarter of 2017.

K Line said the next generation car carriers will have cargo capacity of about 7,500 units, compared with about 6,200 units on the existing vessels. The new vessels will also boast wider beam of 37-38 metres compared to about 32.2 metres for the earlier version.

“By adding this series of eight new ships with better stability of the vessel and better fuel efficiency, we continue to deliver value added efficiency and capability of handling an even wider variety of cargo mix (...),” K Line said.