Shipping broker Bancosta reports that Jinrun Shunyu has placed an order with Jiangsu Runyang Shipbuilding for 2+2 3,300-TEU feeder container ships, scheduled for delivery in 2028.
This marks the second time recently that Jiangsu Runyang Shipbuilding has announced shipbuilding contracts. During the 2026 Yangzhou High-Tech Ship and Marine Engineering Equipment Industry Investment Promotion Conference held last month, the shipyard signed contracts for ten new vessels across three types: two rocket launch and recovery vessels ordered by Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Co., Ltd., as well as four 5,700 CEU Ro-Ro vessels and four 115,000 DWT Aframax tankers ordered by Zhongnan Shipping.
A landmark vessel built by Runyang Shipbuilding is the Xingji Guihang (“Interstellar Return”), China’s first non-self-propelled vessel specifically designed for the maritime recovery of launch vehicles. Measuring 100 meters in length, 42 meters in beam, and 6.5 meters in depth, with a design displacement of approximately 18,000 tonnes and a recovery deck area of 2,400 square meters, the vessel serves as a core asset for rocket recovery and reuse; it is designed to accommodate various medium-to-large reusable rockets in the future.
Records indicate that Runyang Shipbuilding was established in 2004—originally known as Yangzhou Zhaoguan Shipyard Co., Ltd.—and has since grown into a key private shipbuilder in Jiangdu District, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. The company is capable of constructing various large vessels under 100,000 deadweight tons, including deck cargo ships, container ships, oil tankers, chemical tankers, rocket launch and recovery vessels, and various offshore engineering vessels; it currently holds an order book of over 30 ships, with delivery schedules extending through 2028.