Seatrade Maritime is part of the Informa Markets Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

CSBC hit with order cancellation for feeder boxship

CSBC hit with order cancellation for feeder boxship
Taiwan’s shipbuilder CSBC Corp has received an order cancellation from Syra Shipping for a feeder container vessel.

Taipei-listed CSBC announced that the termination of the shipbuilding contract was raised by the shipowner in accordance to the terms and conditions of the contract.

The parties did not disclose the reasons behind the cancellation but the newbuilding delivery date had been delayed by more than one year since the original schedule fixed in the third quarter of 2015.

Syra Shipping had approach CSBC to construct the 1,800-teu boxship in January 2014 at a price of $25m.