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Cosco Shipping Energy orders seven tankers at DSIC

Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation, the tanker unit of China Cosco Shipping, has signed a major shipbuilding deal with CSIC-affiliated Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC) in Shanghai on Monday as part of its ongoing fleet expansion plan.

Under the deal, DSIC will construct four 319,000 dwt VLCCs and three 158,000 dwt suezmax tankers for Cosco Shipping Energy.

All the vessels are expected to be delivered in 2020 and 2021 and the total value of the contract is RMB3.67bn ($553m).

At the end of October, Cosco Shipping Energy approved a proposal to order a total of 14 tankers including the latest five-tanker deal at DSIC and seven tankers at CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering. The company will issue new shares to raise a total of RMB5.4bn to fund the construction of the new ships.

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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