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Zhonggu Shipping orders four containerships at Jinling Shipyard

Photo of Jason Jiang Jason JiangJune 7, 2016
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Chinese domestic container shipping operator Zhonggu Shipping has signed shipbuilding contracts with CSC Sinotrans-affiliated Jinling Shipyard for the construction of four 2,500teu containerships.

Deliveries will start from March 2018.

Zhonggu Shipping also placed orders for four 2,500teu containerships, with two options, at Shanghai Shipyard in May.

Zhonggu Shipping completed volumes of 8.6m teu in 2015, accounting for 15% of the domestic container shipping market in China.

Photo of Jason Jiang Jason JiangJune 7, 2016
5 Less than a minute
Photo of Jason Jiang

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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