Ocean Yield ASA Announced that the Company has agreed to purchase a 5,500 TEU new building container vessel under construction at HJ Shipbuilding, Korea. The vessel will be a sister vessel to the two new buildings announced on 10 June 2022 and 18 July 2022, with a design enabling it to be converted to dual fuel operation with methanol as fuel. Delivery of the vessel is expected in Third Quarter 2023.

Upon delivery, the vessel will commence a seven-year time charter contract to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. which will add approximately USD 80 million to the Company's EBITDA backlog.