China Delivers a Mega-container Ship

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Chinese firm delivers one of world’s largest container ships, mentions a Global Times News source.

World’s largest container ships

A Chinese shipbuilder on Monday delivered one of the world’s largest container ships that can carry 24,000 containers, marking another major development in China’s rapidly growing shipbuilding capabilities.

MSC China, an ultra-large container ship, was delivered to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and China Shipbuilding Trading Corporation on Monday in...

https://mfame.guru/china-delivers-a-mega-container-ship/

Delivery of new LNG carrier for Petronas

The newly built W-Max class LNG carrier “Lagenda Setia” for Petronas LNG was delivered at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group).

The vessel, which is the same kind as the other two ships delivered to Petronas in May and June 2022, was named “Lagenda Setia” on 21 August 2023 by Sharifah Fauziah Wan Idrus, PETRONAS COO and EVP & CEO of Gas Business.

Moreover, the naming ceremony was attended by management and personnel from PETRONAS, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group), Shenergy (Group), ICBC...

https://container-news.com/delivery-of-new-lng-carrier-for-petronas/

NYK, CNOOC ink long-term charters for six LNG carrier newbuildings

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) through a subsidiary, has entered into a long-term time-charter contract with CNOOC Gas and Power Singapore Trading and Marketing for ..

The post NYK, CNOOC ink long-term charters for six LNG carrier newbuildings appeared first on Baird Maritime.

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/tanker-world/gas-tanker-world/nyk-cnooc-ink-long-term-charters-for-six-lng-carrier-newbuildings/

Evergreen orders ships and boxes as spree continues

Evergreen Marine Corporation has embarked on another round of new container orders and has confirmed that the 20 vessels recently ordered will all be built at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

After announcing orders for twenty 15,000TEU ships late last month, Evergreen clarified that all the ships will be contracted at SHI, rather than splitting the orders between the South Korean shipyard, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Japan’s Imabari, China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) and Jiangnan...

https://container-news.com/evergreen-orders-ships-and-boxes-as-spree-continues/

COSCO Signs $552m Worth LNG Shipbuilding Contract

Cosco has placed an order for three LNG carriers at Hudong Zhonghua, reports Splash 247.

LNG Trio

China Cosco Shipping has  ordered for the construction of three 174,000 cu m LNG carriers at CSSC-affiliated Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding.

Vessels design & Value
  • The vessels will adopt Hudong Zhonghua’s “Chang Xing” LNG carrier design. 
  • Vessels are expected to be delivered in 2022. 
  • The total value of the contract is RMB3.9bn ($552m).
  •  The vessels will be used for a LNG shipping project with...

https://mfame.guru/cosco-signs-552m-worth-lng-shipbuilding-contract/

[Watch] World’s Largest LNG Fueled Containership Starts Sea Trials

  • Chinese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group), a unit of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), saw CMA CGM’s first 23,000-TEU LNG-fueled boxship leave for sea trials.
  • The super-large LNG-powered containership CMA CGM Jacques Saade has a total length of 400 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, a service speed of 22 knots, and a deadweight of nearly 220,000 tons, CSSC said...

http://mfame.guru/watch-worlds-largest-lng-fueled-containership-starts-sea-trials/

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