More orders for large boxship in pipeline as carriers invite bids from yards
- CMA CGM, HMM and Maersk are all said to be in discussions with leading Asian shipbuilders for containerships of between 13,000 teu and 24,000 teu
- All of the newbuildings are expected to be of LNG dual-fuel specification
- Further orders are believed to be in the pipeline for feeder vessels for the charter market
The firm orderbook for containerships now exceeds 10m teu of slot capacity, provided by in excess of 900 vessels
