NEW BUILDING: Only one order to report this week with Shanghai Huayuan Shipping ordering two 52,000 dwt bulk carriers at Jiangsu New

NEW BUILDING: OOCL have announced orders for five firm scrubber fitted 23,000 TEU mega container carriers with three vessels at Nantong

NEW BUILDING: Samsung announced orders for three circa 150,000dwt shuttle tankers from AET (for Petrobras) with delivery of the series due by mid-2022.

NEW BUILDING: Daehan are reported to have taken an order from the Hong Kong Owner, Valles Steamship for one firm plus one option

NEW BUILDING: Tsuneishi Cebu are understood to have contracted four 42,000dwt Handymaxes with an as yet to be confirmed Japanese buyer,

NEW BUILDING: Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced a further order from Kumiai Navigation for an additional 84,000cbm VLGC. This is the

NEW BUILDING: Only one order to report this week, with Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS and DSME in Korea announcing the contract signing

NEW BUILDING: Whilst concluded at the end of December, it’s was reported this week that Dae Sun have taken an order from Wilmar

NEW BUILDING: One order to report in dry, with ICBC Leasing / CITIC Metal declaring two options for 210,000dwt Newcastlemax at SWS with

NEW BUILDING: A couple of orders to report this week. In the Tanker market, clients of Dynacom Tankers have placed an order for 4 Suezmax

NEW BUILDING: A relatively quiet week in the newbuilding market with just two orders in the dry markets to report. Yangzijiang have taken

NEW BUILDING: In dry, MOL and NYK have each ordered one 95,000dwt bulk carrier backed by Kyushu Electric Power – at Namura and Oshima

NEW BUILDING: In dry, Huangpu Wenchong announced orders from domestic owner Seacon Ships for four firm plus four option 85,000dwt

NEW BUILDING: DSME announced further orders from clients of Maran Tankers with the addition of two 318,000dwt VLCCs for delivery in 3Q

NEW BUILDING: A flurry of ordering this week, primarily at CSSC group shipyards following the merger with CSIC. Beihai Shipyard took orders for