The two 210,000dwt bulk carriers, designed by China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s design and research unit CSDC, will be in 300 metres length and 50 metres width, meeting IMO’s Tier III requirements.
It is a first time co-operation between CSSC’s Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding and Xiehai Group, which could further strengthen Beihai Shipbuilding’s position in Newcastlemax vessel construction sector, said the shipyard.
Currently, Beihai Shipbuilding has around twenty 210,000 bulk carriers order on hand.