Liner operator Korea Marine Transport Co (KMTC) has returned to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for more feeder containership newbuildings.

Market sources said Seoul-based KMTC has signed up for two more 2,500-teu boxships at the South Korean shipyard for delivery in the last quarter of 2020.

The order brings KMTC's stable of 2,500-teu ships to five.