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Huatai Heavy Industry clinches deal to build eight chemical tankers

China’s Huatai Heavy Industry has won an order to build eight chemical tankers for Germany’s TB Marine-Hamburg.

Lee Hong Liang, Asia Correspondent

December 2, 2015

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Nantong-based Huatai said the chemical tankers will be IMO2 rated, but other details of the newbuildings were not revealed, including the vessel sizes, delivery dates and contract prices.

The newbuilding contract was signed on Tuesday in Shanghai.

The latest contract followed Huatai’s earlier deal to construct four 1,400 teu boxships for another German shipowner Nordic Hamburg.

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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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