According to the media reports, Shenhuazhonghai Shipping Co., Ltd. is planning to order eight 76.000 DWT bulk carriers. It is also reported that the shipyards contacting with Shenhuazhonghai Shipping Co. include China Shipping Industry Co. Ltd., CSSC Chenxi Shipyard, CSIC Bohai Shipbuilding and etc.
The order would be worth over 1.6 billion RMB, and the delivery time would be from 2013 to 2014.
Nowadays, China Shenhua Energy Company Limited and China Shipping Development Co., Ltd. are discussing the related issues with the domestic shipyard. The series of these vessels ordered by Shenhuazhonghai Shipping would be the biggest ones in terms of the capacity. Prior to this order, Shenhuazhonghai Shipping had only ordered the handy size bulk carriers, which were used to transport the domestic cargoes.
1.6 billion Chinese yuan = 252.3856 million U.S. dollars
[mappress] World Maritime News Staff, December 22, 2011;