HAPAG ORDERS NEW CONTAINER SHIP FROM CHINA <Hapag Lloyd AG> said it ordered a new container vessel from China for its Australia service. The order was given to the <Hudong shipyards> in Shanghai after lengthy negotiations with West German shipbuilders, the company said in a statement. The Chinese firm offered to build the vessel at over 30 mln marks less than West German yards, despite government subsidies which Bonn pays its ailing shipbuilding industry, Hapag said. A company spokesman would not comment on the total order value but said the new vessel would replace the 33,333 dwt Sydney Express in 1989 and would carry 2,700 container units.