Pacific Gas Carrier (Hong Kong), subsidiary of Shandong Marine Energy, has entered into long-term charter agreement with Ineos for four 98,000 cu m very large ethane carriers (VLEC).

Cosco Shipping Holdings announced a massive newbuild order for 12 methanol-fuelled, 24,000 teu containerships from Dalian Cosco KHI Shipping Engineering and Nantong KHI Shipping Engineering.

Regional Container Lines (RCL) has named two 12,000 teu boxship newbuildings, the largest vessels in its fleet.

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has won a contract for the construction of two LNG carriers worth around $500m (KRW710bn).

In the largest-ever LNG carrier newbuilding project, a series of shipyards and shipowners have chosen WinGD’s latest X72DF-2.1 engines for 25 vessels to be built for QatarEnergy’s North Field East project.

Chinese shipyard, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, has inked its maiden contract for two 175,000 cu m liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.

CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding is resuming production after a Covid lockdown at beginning of this month hit the Nansha district of Guangzhou.

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has announced it has won 22 new vessel orders, bringing the yard’s total orderbook value to a record high of $10.27bn.

Chinese yards' shipbuilding volume was 23.94m dwt for the first eight months of this year, dropping 8.9% year-on-year.

Cosco PetroChina Shipping has placed an order at CSSC Chongqing Chuandong Shipbuilding to build two chemical tankers.