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Yang Ming announced in a stock exchange filing on Friday that it has signed construction projects for six units of 13,000 teu vessels with Hanwha Ocean.
Moreover, the shipping company said each LNG dual-fuel vessel is worth $185-$204 million.
This puts the total price at $1.11-$1.22 billion.
Yang Ming did not reveal further details.
In March this year, the shipping company approved a plan to add six 13,000 teu class full container LNG dual-fuel vessels, saying that subsequent procurement procedures would be executed in accordance with the company’s internal regulations.
Last year, South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean secured an order worth about $1.39 billion from Yang Ming for seven 15,880-teu LNG dual-fuel container ships.
These vessels will join Yang Ming’s fleet in 2028 and by the first half of 2029.
In May 2023, Yang Ming signed a shipbuilding deal with HD Hyundai Heavy for the construction of five LNG-powered containerships with a capacity of 15,500 teu.
Yang Ming will pay about $937 million for the five vessels.
HD Hyundai Heavy recently held a naming ceremony for the third vessel in this series.
