News / Taiwan shipbuilder CSBC eyes containership build-and-lease business

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 6 TO INCLUDE NEW COMMENT

Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC Corp. is looking for a buyer for four 2,800 teu ships that it intends to build speculatively for the first time since its 1973 inception, moving swiftly into the build-and-lease business, focusing on containerships, just a month after announcing plans.

Work on the four 2,800 teu ships will start in Q1 2022, with completion expected in in the first half of 2023. CSBC said that its outlay for all the vessels is ...