The week in newbuildings: Boxship, cruise and tanker orders valued at a combined $9.7bn confirmed
- Evergreen confirms 14 neo-panamax boxship newbuilding contract with seven ships each being built in China and South Korea
- Maersk adds eight 18,000 teu vessels at China’s New Times Shipbuilding
- Flurry of new orders for crude oil tankers signed by major operators
A total of 48 merchant ships were ordered in the past week at Chinese, French, South Korean and Vietnamese shipyards
