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Chartworld Shipping orders four bulkers at Jinhai Heavy Industry

Photo of Jason Jiang Jason JiangFebruary 8, 2017
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Greek owner Chartworld Shipping has signed shipbuilding contracts with HNA-affiliated yard Jinhai Heavy Industry (JHI) for the construction of four 208,000dwt newcastlemax bulk carriers. Contract details were not disclosed.

The deal is the second order JHI has received in 2017, following Singapore’s Raffles Shipping ordered six 19,700dwt chemical tankers at the yard.

Chartworld Shipping has been active on the second hand market recently. In January, it acquired three ex-Hanjin bulkers and another bulker from Nisshin Shipping.

Chartworld Shipping operates a diversified fleet of 64 vessels comprise of 10 bulkers, 7 tankers, 22 containerships and 27 reefer cargo ships.

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Photo of Jason Jiang Jason JiangFebruary 8, 2017
51 Less than a minute
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Jason Jiang

Jason is one of the most prolific writers on the diverse China shipping & logistics industry and his access to the major maritime players with business in China has proved an invaluable source of exclusives. Having been working at Asia Shipping Media since inception, Jason is the chief correspondent of Splash and associate editor of Maritime CEO magazine. Previously he had written for a host of titles including Supply Chain Asia, Cargo Facts and Air Cargo Week.
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