The week in newbuildings: Chipolbrok adds more heavylift MPVs in China
- Newbuilding contracts confirmed over the past week included a shuttle tanker, a liquefied hydrogen carrier, gas carriers, offshore vessels, bulkers and multipurpose ships
- They included six 60,800 dwt ice-class MPVs ordered by Chipolbrok at Taizhou Kouan Shipbuilding
- Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries secured a landmark contract to build the world’s second liquefied hydrogen carrier
Chipolbrok’s latest newbuilding order follows a contract for four similar vessels signed in early January
