SITC exercises options for six boxships at Yangzijiang

Chinese intra-Asia container operator SITC International has moved to grow its owned fleet, exercising options for six additional feeder vessels in a deal worth $137m. The Hong Kong-listed carrier said its unit SITC Shipowner will press ahead with the newbuilds under an existing deal with Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group subsidiaries Jiangsu Yangzi Hongyuan Shipbuilding and Jiangsu …

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