Wan Hai orders 50,000 containers amid shortage
Wan Hai Lines Ltd has purchased 50,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers from China International Marine Containers Ltd at a cost of US$141.73 million amid a global container shortage, the company said in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange on Monday.
The average price of the containers would be US$2,835 per unit, Wan Hai said.
The company expects to receive the containers from the second quarter onward, Wan Hai spokeswoman Laura Su (蘇麗梅) told the Taipei Times by telephone yesterday.
Most of the new containers would be 40-foot high-cube containers, one of the most commonly used containers for ocean freight, Su said.
Taiwan shares dip 0.58% to end below 16,000 on high turnover
01/15/2021 05:51 PM
CNA photo Jan. 15, 2021
Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan ended lower Friday, falling below 16,000 on high turnover after the stock market hit a new record during the session.
The weighted index on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE), or Taiex, ended down 90.80 points, or 0.58 percent, at 15,616.39 on expanded turnover of NT$433.16 billion (US$15.2 billion).
Boosted by a 6 percent rise overnight by the American depositary receipts (ADR) of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the weighted index soared 334 points at one point, reaching the historical high of 16,041.59 and fluctuating in a wide range of 426.48 points.