Ship Owners Flock Towards the Newbuilding Market in Hellenic Shipping News 21/01/2026 Ship owners have been quite active both in the newbuilding and the S&P markets over the past few days. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “in the bulk sector, Hong Kong-based owner Seacon Shipmanagement placed an order of 2 x 210,000 dwt newcastlemax vessels to Chinese yard Qingdao Beihai. Deliveries are scheduled for Q4 2028 and Q2 2029. Qingdao Beihai secured an additional order for 3 x 210,000 dwt vessels, this time from COSCO Shipping Bulk. The vessels design will allow for the transport of over 1,000 containers on deck, and all three will be delivered Q2 2029. Greece’s Minoa Marine placed an order of 1 x 82,000 dwt kamsarmax to Oshima shipyard in Japan. No price was disclosed, and delivery is set for mid2028. Chinese yard Jiangsu Soho Chuangke secured an order from Agricore Ship Management in Hong Kong for 2 x 63,500 dwt ultramax vessels. The price for each vessel is $33.3 mln and deliveries are set for mid- and late2028. Chinese owner YZJ Maritime placed an order of 2 x 40,000 dwt vessels to Qidong Qianyao shipyard. The price for each vessel is $29 mln and deliveries will take place Q1 and Q2 2028. In the tanker sector, Oman-based owner Asyad Shipping placed an order of 3 VLCCs to Hanwha Ocean in South Korea. 1 x 300,000 dwt VLCC was ordered at a price of $129.5 mln with delivery in end-2028. An additional 2 x 320,000 dwt VLCCs were ordered and are each priced at $128 mln with delivery in mid-2030. Source: Banchero Costa Qingdao Beihai secured a separate order, this time from Greek owner New Shipping, for 1 x 161,800 dwt suezmax. No price was disclosed and delivery isset for Q3 2029. China’s YZJ Maritime placed an additional order to Jiangsu Haifeng Shipbuilding, this time for 2 x 115,000 dwt product carriers, and 2 x 40,000 dwt product carriers. The price for all four vessels is $288 mln and all four are set to be delivered Q1 2028. In the container sector, COSCO Shipping placed an order for 12 x 18,000 teu carriers to Jiangnan Shipyard. Each vessel will be LNG dual fuel propulsion and is priced at $200 mln. All deliveries are scheduled for early 2028. Singapore’s Pacific Intl. Lines placed an order of 8 x 13,000 teu carriers to Korea’s Hyundai shipyard. Each vessel will be dual fuel LNG propulsion and the price for each vessel is $190 mln. Deliveries are set to begin in end-2028 and finish in late-2029. Greece’s Minerva Marine placed an order of 2 x 3,076 teu carriers to Penglai Zhonghai Jinglu yard in China at $43 mln per vessel. The first delivery will take place in December 2027, and the following in Q1 2028. COSCO placed an additional order of 6 x 3,000 teu carriers, thistime to COSCO H.I. Zhoushan. No prices were disclosed and deliveries are set for February 2028. In the gas sector, Purus Marine of the UK placed an order of 2 x 174,000 cu.m. LNG carriers to Samsung shipyard in Korea. Deliveries are set for end-2029 and 2H 2030. China’s Jiangnan Shipyard secured an order for 2 x 174,000 cu.m. LNG carriers from Singapore’s Eastern Pacific Shipping. No prices were disclosed and the duo is set to be delivered Q3 2028”, Banchero Costa said. Meanwhile, in the S&P market this week, shipbroker Xclusiv said in a separate note, that “dry bulk S&P activity this week was spread across all sizes, from Capesize down to Handysize. On the Newcastlemax sector, S. Korean buyers acquired the “BERGE MOLDOVEANU” – 208K/2020 Bohai