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Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard lands feeder boxship orders

Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard has landed an order to build four feeder container vessels for US-based Tropical Shipping.

Lee Hong Liang, Asia Correspondent

June 3, 2016

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The four newbuildings include two 1,100 teu capacity vessels and two 300 teu capacity vessels. Financial details and vessel delivery dates were not disclosed.

The Chinese shipyard, subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), said the order would help reinforce the company’s presence in the US market.

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Lee Hong Liang

Asia Correspondent

Singapore-based Lee Hong Liang provides a significant boost to daily coverage of the Asian shipping markets, as well as bringing with him an in-depth specialist knowledge of the bunkering markets.

Throughout Hong Liang’s 14-year career as a maritime journalist, he has reported ‘live’ news from conferences, conducted one-on-one interviews with top officials, and had the ability to write hard news and featured stories.

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