Newbuilding

China Merchants Energy Shipping subsidiary Hong Kong Ming Wah Shipping has ordered four 62,000 dwt vessels at Jinling Shipyard.

Chinese shipbuilder Yangfan Group inked four 1,868 teu container ships order with Zhejiang Haigang Shipping.

Chinese private shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) inked new orders for up to ten 14,000 teu dual-fuel containerships worth $1.15bn with the Tiger Group, marking an encouraging start for Yangzijiang for 2020 amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has ordered five 23,000-teu containerships at a total price of $778.4m from two Cosco shipyards in China.

Chinese shipping company Junzheng Shipping has ordered two 19,000 dwt chemical tankers at Japan’s Fukuoka Shipbuilding.

Singapore-based firms BOS Offshore & Marine (BOS) and Penguin International have inked a pact to deliver Singapore’s first newbuild fast launch with a marine hybrid electric propulsion system during the first quarter of 2020.

Japanese shipowner K Line has inked a long-term time charter contract of 12 years plus 12 years from 2022 with Petronas LNG.

Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (Knot) has ordered two new LNG-fuelled shuttle tankers at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) on the back of long term charters secured with Eni.

The first of two passenger-cargo combi vessels, being constructed by Cochin Shipyard (CSL) for the Andaman & Nicobar Islands Administration, was launched on last week at the Indian government owned CSL’s yard on the Cochin port waterfront.

One of Greece’s most respected shipping voices is urging the industry to chase European Green Deal funding to support the building of low-carbon tonnage.