Gianluigi Aponte’s MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is making a major play for new container vessels with deals at two Chinese shipyards.
MSC has penned a series of potentially 12 vessels at Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Hantong Group and is also said by some to have ships in the works to help reactivate Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries.
TradeWinds understands MSC has penned 10 to 12 LNG dual-fuelled container vessels of 21,000-teu at Jiangsu Hantong.
