On May 22, China’s largest private shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd released the “Business Update Announcement for the First Quarter of 2025”. Data showed that during the reporting period, the group received a total of 6 new ships worth US$290 million, including 2 3000TEU container ships, 2 4488TEU container ships and 2 83,000 DWT bulk carriers.
At present, the shipowner information of the two 3,000TEU container ships has been disclosed, and the order was placed by Vietnamese shipowner Hai An Transport and Stevedoring (hereinafter referred to as “Hai An”).
Recently, Hai An announced on its official website that Hai An and its subsidiary Hai An Transport And Stevedoring JSC have signed a contract with Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding to build a 3,000TEU container ship, with an option for another two ships of the same type, which means that New Yangzi Shipbuilding has successfully received 2+2 3,000TEU container ships. The first two ships will be delivered in December 2027 and March 2028 respectively.
The cost of the ships has not been disclosed. According to industry estimates, each ship costs about US$46 million. Based on this calculation, if the option order takes effect, the total price of the four new ships will be about US$184 million.
According to reports, this series of container ships is of SDARI-3000TEU type, with a container capacity of about 3006TEU and a deadweight of about 36,800 tons. The ship is 185.9 meters long, 35.2 meters wide, 11 meters deep, has a speed of 19 knots and is equipped with 400 refrigerated container sockets. At the same time, it is equipped with a MAN B&W 6G60ME-10.5 HPSCR main engine that meets the International Maritime Organization (IMO) NOx Tier III standard, a shore power conversion system (AMP), a desulfurization device and adopts a methanol-ready design.
Hai An said that the investment in container ships is aimed at improving the company’s transportation capacity and will create more opportunities for cooperation with large shipping companies. This move is also considered to be in line with Hai An’s strategic goal of expanding its service scope to the Mediterranean-Europe and the West Coast of the United States in the next few years, aiming to provide shipping services directly to Vietnamese importers and exporters.
According to the official website, Hai An Transport And Stevedoring JSC was established in 2009 with the initial goal of building and operating ports in the Haiphong region. To date, the company has established 9 subsidiaries/affiliates, and its business covers port operations, marine container transportation, warehousing operations, shipping agents, logistics services and other fields. It has become one of the world’s top 100 container fleets and has a fleet of 17 container ships.