Germany’s Peter Döhle Schiffahrts has added to its boxship orderbook with up to five 8,400 teu newbuilds in China.
Shipbuilding sources say the Hamburg-based boxship and bulker owner and operator has contracted three firm and two optional vessels at CSSC Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI), paying between $120m and $125m per vessel.
The newbuilds will feature LNG dual-fuel engines with deliveries scheduled between 2027 and 2028.
Last year, Peter Döhle, which claims control of more than 300 tramp-owned containerships, ordered four newbuilds at CSSC-affiliated Hudong-Zhonghua after a break of nearly nine years.
Those ships, costing about $150m each, will have a capacity of 14,000 teu, be scrubber-fitted, methanol-ready, and delivered in 2027.
Energy News Beat