MSC books a dozen 16,000 TEU vessels at Yangzijiang

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has confirmed that MSC has ordered a dozen 16,000 TEU container ships.

The Singapore-listed Chinese ship builder said on 6 October that the LNG dual-fuelled ships, with a total contract value of US$2.16 billion, are among US$2.51 billion of new orders secured between August and early October 2022.

The vessels are expected to be delivered from late 2024 to mid-2025 and bring MSC’s current orderbook to 114 ships of over 1.56 million TEU. The largest liner operator now has...

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Yang Ming finally places order for five 15,000 teu newbuildings

Yang Ming is to finally make a long-awaited order for neo-panamax newbuildings, more than a year after its peers began fleet expansion amid rocketing freight rates.
On 14 January, the Taiwanese liner operator’s directors approved orders for five 15,000 teu ships, along with 20,000 new 40ft containers, to fulfil the company’s Asia-Europe and transpacific services, as well as for fleet renewal in the long term.
Yang Ming has been conservative in its …

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Sinotrans returns to Yangzijiang yard for another two 2,400 teu box ships

Sinotrans Container Lines (Sinolines) has ordered another two 2,400 teu ships from Yangzijiang Shipbuilding.
The China state-owned intra-Asia carrier is in the process of being acquired by its affiliate, China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), and its latest newbuilding order comes seven months after a pair of similar ships, at $30m each, were ordered from the same shipyard.
In April, Sinolines also ordered two 1,100 teu vessels from another affiliate, China Merchants Jinling …

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