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Shandong Shipping finalizes orders for four 200,000-ton bulk carriers of Beichuan Heavy Industry

     Shandong Marine's orders for four 208,000 dwt Newcastlemax bulk carriers in Qingdao Beichuan Heavy Industry are about to be finalized, and the new ship is expected to be delivered in 2021.

      According to trade news, Shandong New Zealand's Newcastlemax bulk carriers will be built using IMO Tier III specifications and equipped with exhaust gas scrubbers, each costing approximately US$55 million and a total value of nearly US$220 million, which will be used for lease. Vale. However, insiders of Shandong Shipping said that the order has not yet been finalized and the two sides are still negotiating.

      At the end of last year, there was news on the market that Shandong Shipping plans to order a Newcastlemax bulk carrier. At that time, it was reported that Shandong Shipping and Qingdao North Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. negotiated 2+2 orders.

      It is reported that Shandong Shipping has signed a long-term contract with Brazil's Vale to place a ship after the contract. Shandong Shipping is not the only shipping company to receive a Newcastlemax bulk carrier charter in Vale. At the end of last year, three South Korean shipowners, Polaris Shipping, H-Line Shipping and Pan Ocean Shipping, ordered up to nine 210,000 DWT Newcastlemax bulk carriers in Jiangsu New Era Shipbuilding. These new vessels will receive Vale for five years. Package contract.

      These bulk carriers of the new era of shipbuilding will be delivered in the second half of 2020 to 2021. The new vessel will be equipped with an exhaust scrubber, built using IMO Tier III standards, and each cost is expected to be approximately $54 million.

       In addition to the orders of Beichuan Heavy Industry, Shandong Shipping has also ordered 10 Capesize bulk carriers under Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, which will be delivered between 2020 and 2021, each costing approximately 52 million to 55 million. Dollar. The new vessel is equipped with an exhaust gas scrubber, built on IMO Tier III specifications and will be leased to the Rheinland Group (RWE) for a long time.

      It is understood that the Shandong shipping fleet has a total capacity of 62 ships with a total capacity of 7.68 million deadweight tons. The dry bulk shipping sector operates the world's first 250,000-ton ore fleet and the world's largest 400,000-ton ore fleet. The bulk transportation segment has 12 VLGCs, 3 MR-type product oil tankers and 5 LEG ships. The LPG fleet is the fourth largest in the world and the first in the country.