News / MSC shops for 10 more box ships, bringing its orderbook to 134

MSC appears intent on having the largest vessel orderbook; brokers have reported that the world’s largest liner operator has ordered ten 11,400 teu ships from China’s Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard.

Delivery is expected in 2025 and 2026.

The price was not disclosed, although similar ships ordered by MSC at New Times Shipbuilding last year are valued at around $122m each and this vessel class is typically deployed on the transpacific or Asia-South America lanes.

MSC doesn’t publish newbuilding orders and vessel acquisitions, but ...