Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard, in which CIMC is a shareholder via its leasing unit, will build in total ten 11,500-teu LNG dual-fuel containerships for MSC, CIMC confirmed in a statement.
The LNG-powered containerships will be designed by CIMC ORIC, a unit of CIMC, according to the firm.
Classification societies DNV, LR, and BV will class these ships.
Moreover, CIMC says that the vessels would feature the largest type C LNG fuel storage tank in its class, allowing them to complete a single round trip on China-Europe or China-US routes.
Besides LNG dual-fuel propulsion, the ships would be ammonia-ready as well, according to CIMC.
Zhoushan Changhong International will deliver the vessels in 2025 and 2026.
CIMC did not provide the price tag of the deal.
According to brokers and VesselsValue data, MSC would pay about $120 million per vessel or some $1.2 billion for the entire order.
MSC is building a huge fleet of LNG-powered vessels in order to slash emissions and to comply with new IMO rules.
MSC took delivery of its first LNG-powered containership,
MSC Washington, from China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in Jiangsu in March last year, followed by the second vessel,
MSC Virginia, in July the same year.
However, the firm, which currently has about 730 vessels in its fleet, rarely comments on newbuild orders or charter deals.
Last year
, MSC placed an order for ten 11,500-teu and ten 8,100-teu LNG dual-fuel containerships at China’s New Times Shipbuilding.
One shipbuilding source told LNG Prime that MSC has switched this order for ten 11,500-teu containerships from NTS to Zhoushan Changhong International.
Source: LNGPrime
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