China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has ordered two 210,000 dwt Newcastlemax bulk carriers from Beihai Shipbuilding, with a total order value of about $160 million (RMB 1.147 billion), which are expected to be delivered in the second half of 2027, according to Trade Winds. The new vessels are conventional fueled and equipped with desulphurization towers.
Together with the 10 newbuildings CMES ordered earlier this year from New Times Shipbuilding and Qingdao Yangfan Shipbuilding, CMES has placed orders for 12 210,000 dwt Newcastlemax bulk carriers this year.
CMES announced on June 13 that Hong Kong Ming Wah Shipping Company Limited (Hong Kong Ming Wah), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMES, entered into a Vessel Construction Agreement with New Times Shipbuilding for eight 210,000 dwt Newcastlemax bulk carriers at a total cost of approximately RMB 4.4 billion, which are equipped with desulphurization scrubbing towers and a number of energy-saving and environmental protection designs.
On June 26, CMES announced again that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hong Kong Ming Wah and Qingdao Yangfan Shipbuilding have signed a Ship Order Agreement for the construction of two 210,000 DWT Newcastlemax bulk carriers, with a total cost of about RMB 1.05 billion. The vessels are equipped with desulphurization scrubber towers and a number of energy-saving and environmental protection designs, and will be delivered from the second half of 2027 onwards.
CMES said that in the background of global carbon neutrality, ordering a new generation of energy-saving and environmentally friendly large bulk carriers is to adapt to the needs of the company’s bulk carrier fleet’s global operations and sustainable development, and is in line with its development strategy, which can realize the substitution and supplementation of the company’s bulk carrier fleet, and is beneficial to the green development of the fleet.