Hai An adds 2,702 TEU Green View, pushing fleet to 35,700 TEU

Hai An Transport and Stevedoring has taken delivery of the 2,702 TEU container vessel GREEN VIEW, lifting its fleet to 21 ships with a combined capacity of 35,700 TEU. The handover closed on 11 November 2026, when Hai An Green Shipping Lines Company Limited, an affiliate of the Vietnamese operator, completed ownership transfer procedures with Hong Kong-based Melody Transport Limited.

The ship is not a stranger to regional trades. She previously sailed as BUXMELODY and was renamed GREEN VIEW after the transaction closed. Delivery documents were signed in Hong Kong, while Hai An's ship management and operational teams simultaneously took physical control of the vessel at the Vung Tau anchorage in Vietnam.

The deal matters for Hai An's balance sheet as much as its schedule. It brings the number of vessels owned outright by Hai An Green Shipping Lines Company Limited to three, a small but growing owned core inside a fleet that leans heavily on other arrangements.

What does the change mean for shippers?

In the near term, nothing disruptive. GREEN VIEW will keep operating under an existing time charter agreement with OOCL on the Vietnam-China-Thailand service, so slot capacity on that intra-Asia loop holds steady. Shippers on the lane will see the same hull, now under a Vietnamese owner's name.

The medium term is where the signal sits. Hai An is building capacity through a two-track strategy: newbuilding investments combined with second-hand purchases like this one. Each tonnage addition strengthens its hand in the regional container market, where Vietnamese carriers are quietly accumulating scale.

The vessel in numbers

GREEN VIEW (IMO 9377145) was built in Germany in 2008, making her an 18-year-old second-hand acquisition rather than fresh steel. Her specifications:

• Nominal capacity: 2,702 TEU, split between 1,596 TEU on deck and 1,106 TEU in the cargo holds
• Dimensions: 215.4 metres length overall, 29.8 metres beam
• Deadweight: 38,069 tonnes
• Reefer capacity: 500 plugs
• Maximum speed: 21.5 knots

That reefer count is worth noting. Five hundred plugs is substantial for a sub-3,000 TEU vessel and suits the perishable and cold-chain cargo that moves heavily on Vietnam-China-Thailand corridors. For forwarders booking refrigerated intra-Asia freight, an owned-and-committed hull with that plug count adds a degree of certainty.

Why a 2008-built ship, and why now?

Second-hand tonnage in the 2,500-3,000 TEU class has been the workhorse segment of intra-Asian trade for years. Buying an 18-year-old vessel is a bet that the ship earns back her purchase price on dense regional loops before age-related costs bite. Hai An's stated fleet development strategy mixes exactly this kind of purchase with newbuilding orders, spreading capital expenditure across delivery horizons.

For OOCL, the charter continuation means no gap in deployed capacity. For Hai An, it means the asset starts generating revenue from day one on a trade it already knows. The commercial logic is tight.

What comes next

The GREEN VIEW delivery extends a pattern rather than ending one. Hai An has now added owned tonnage three times over through its affiliate, and its 21-vessel, 35,700 TEU fleet gives it real weight among Southeast Asian regional carriers. Expect further moves, whether newbuild deliveries or more second-hand pickups, as the operator pushes to expand capacity and deepen its position in the intra-Asia container market.