Gianluigi Aponte splashes over $7bn in 14 days as container ship newbuilding market runs hot

Gianluigi Aponte’s enormous appetite for newbuildings has continued with an order for 18 large vessels at shipyards in China, sources say.

It extends a remarkable investment run for his MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, which is believed to have passed $7bn in the past couple of weeks.

MSC was believed to have splashed out about $5bn in ordering up to 24 mega-size container vessels last week, as TradeWinds has reported.