CMB doubles Qingdao Beihai bulker tally to four

Belgian owner Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) has inked two more newcastlemax bulker newbuildings at China’s Qingado Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, bringing its order tally there to four.

The vessels are options that the company held at the yard after it ordered two ships there in July.

The order brings CMB’s total spend on newcastlemaxes at Qingdao Beihai to $244m.

Benoit Timmermans, chief commercial officer of CMB’s dry division, Bocimar, confirmed that the options for the two ships had been lifted.