News / Sinotrans returns to Yangzijiang yard for another two 2,400 teu box ships

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Sinotrans Container Lines (Sinolines) has ordered another two 2,400 teu ships from Yangzijiang Shipbuilding.

The China state-owned intra-Asia carrier is in the process of being acquired by its affiliate, China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), and its latest newbuilding order comes seven months after a pair of similar ships, at $30m each, were ordered from the same shipyard.

In April, Sinolines also ordered two 1,100 teu vessels from another affiliate, China Merchants Jinling Shipyard, at $15m each. All the newbuildings, including the latest ...