CSCL Confirms Charters for Six 21,000 TEU Containerships
A unit of China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has entered into bareboat constitution agreements for the leasing of six ultra-large containerships with a close to record-setting carrying capability of 21,000 TEU, CSCL revealed in an announcement to the Hong Kong Exchanges on Friday.
Under the agreements, the six vessels might be leased to a CSCL HK by China Shipping for a interval of 12 years upon supply of the vessels. The vessels are to be delivered between April 2018 to December 2018.
The settlement states that the 21,000 TEU class might be constructed with a capability of a minimum of 20,988 TEU. It additionally consists of choices for as much as 5 extra vessels.
The announcement didn’t specify the place the vessels might be constructed.
At 21,000 TEU, the vessels are second largest containerships ever ordered. Early this 12 months, South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries entered right into a contract with OOCL for the development of six containerships with 21,100 TEU capability. Delivery of these ships are anticipated by November 2017.
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