Sinotrans、Qingshan向けフィーダー船4隻の第2次発注を準備 - Splash247
重要ポイント
- •Sinotrans Container Linesは、Qingshan Shipyardで1,800 teu級フィーダー船4隻の追加分について直接調達の招請を開始した。
- •今回の計画は、5月に締結した最初の4隻の契約に続くもので、第1バッチの上限投資額はRMB940m、約$139mだった。
- •同様の条件で第2契約が成立すれば、フィーダー船計画全体は8隻となり、投資額の目安は約RMB1.88bnに拡大する。
- •この招請はまだ最終的な船舶建造契約ではなく、商業条件は今後確定される。
- •Qingshanは2018年に船舶建造をやめた後、今年新造船事業に正式復帰し、以降は複数の船主からフィーダー案件を獲得している。
Sinotrans Container Lines is moving to double its feeder programme at China Merchants’ revived Qingshan Shipyard with a second batch of four 1,800 teu vessels.
The carrier’s Hong Kong subsidiary issued a direct procurement invitation to Qingshan this month covering construction of the quartet.
The latest move follows a contract signed in May for an initial four ships of the same size. Investment in the first batch was capped at RMB940m ($139m), or close to $35m per vessel.
A second contract on similar terms would lift the overall programme to eight ships, with an indicative investment of around RMB1.88bn.
The invitation marks the start of the direct procurement process and does not yet constitute a final signed shipbuilding contract. For shipowners and shipyards, the sequence matters because it shows how feeder capacity can be added in stages rather than through a single large order, while also leaving room for the commercial terms to be finalised before any binding agreement is reached.
Qingshan formally returned to newbuilding this year after exiting ship construction in 2018. Since then, the yard has secured feeder projects from Zhonggu Logistics, Sinotrans and Greek owner Goldenport Shipmanagement, adding to the evidence that its re-entry is being built around smaller vessel programmes rather than a broad return across all ship types.