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Photo: CSSC China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has announced its largest containership contract for the construction of thirteen 16,000 teu boxships at a total cost of over CNY10bn($1.5bn).
The vessels are designed by CSSC Marine Design & Research Institute, will be in 366metres length and 51metres width, and be equipped with a scrubber-fitted WinGD main engine. Reports have linked the orders to container line MSC, although CSSC did not disclose the name of the party described as a “world leading containership owner”.
Dalian Shipbuilding Industry and Guangzhou Shipyard International, two shipbuilding units under CSSC, will build seven and six containerships respectively, with expected deliveries during 2023 and 2024.
China’s top shipbuilder gets its largest contract as demand for huge container ships surges back
The China State Shipbuilding Corporation has won its biggest ever contract – worth over 10 billion yuan ($1.52 billion) – to make a fleet of skyscraper-sized cargo ships, as global trade recovery boosts demand for the vessels.
The shipbuilding giant is set to construct 13 new cargo vessels, which can carry 16,000 standard containers or twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). The container ships will be about 366 meters long and 51 meters wide, meaning that if the vessels stood vertically, they would be bigger than the Eiffel Tower, as tall as the Bank of America Tower in New York, or reach almost as high as the Empire State Building.
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China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has won its single largest contract for the construction of large containerships worth over CNY 10 billion ($1.52 billion).
The Chinese shipbuilding major said that the order covers the construction of thirteen 16,000 TEU LNG-ready containerships.
The construction work will be split between the company’s subsidiaries Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (7 ships) and Guangzhou Shipyard International (6 ships).
The series will be powered by WinGD’s main engine, manufactured by China State Shipbuilding Corporation under a licence agreement with the Swiss-engine producer.
CSSC did not disclose the name of the shipowner behind the order, however, market reports have linked Swiss-based MSC to the contract.
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