Huangpu Wenchong Bags Contract for Two Vessels
By Aiswarya Lakshmi
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding has secured newbuild contracts for a 17,000dwt asphalt carrier and a 38,800dwt bulk carrier.
The eco-friendly bulk carrier is scheduled to be delivered from the shipyard by end-2017. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
The asphalt carrier, ordered by Tianjin Southwest Marine, is scheduled for delivery in 2017.
The bulk carrier was ordered by CSSC Shipping (Hong Kong), the shipowning division of CSSC. Delivery is scheduled at the end of 2017.
According to local media, bulker operators would be selective and choose only to build energy efficient and environmentally friendly ships such as the yard’s eco-friendly 38,800 dwt bulkers.
Huangpu Wenchong is one of CSSC’s major shipyards with a diversified portfolio and delivered a record 49 vessels in 2015.
CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company Limited operates as a shipbuilding company in the People’s Republic of China. It manufactures public service, offshore support, container feeder, and dredging engineering vessels; and drilling platform, drilling ship, and large offshore support vessels for ocean engineering.