COSCO Shipping Lines orders 12 LNG dual-fuel container ships

Chinese shipping firm COSCO Shipping Lines has placed an order for 12 LNG dual-fuel container vessels at Jiangnan Shipyard, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).

IMAGE: COSCO Shipping Lines’ LNG dual-fuel container ship concept. Jiangnan Shipyard

Each vessel will have a capacity of 18,000 TEU and will be capable of operating on both LNG and conventional marine fuels.

Deliveries are scheduled for 2028–2029, though COSCO has not revealed where the ships will be deployed.

Separately, Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has also contracted Jiangnan Shipyard to build two 175,000-cbm LNG carriers. In addition, EPS has ordered two 90,000-cbm LPG dual-fuel very large ammonia carriers (VLACs), designed to run on LPG as well as conventional marine fuels.

The shipyard has not disclosed delivery timelines or deployment plans for these vessels.

By Tuhin Roy

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