MSC ramps up megamax expansion with $1.2bn shipbuilding deal in China

Gianluigi Aponte’s Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is pressing ahead with megamax containership fleet expansion through a new shipbuilding deal in China. The Swiss-based liner giant has ordered up to six 22,000 teu newbuilds from China Merchants Heavy Industries’ Haimen shipyard. Shipbuilding sources estimate each LNG dual-fuel ship at more than $200m, with deliveries expected to …

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