May.24--SinOceanic Shipping ASA said it has placed an order with China’s Jinhai Heavy Industries for 10 8,800 20-foot-equivalent unit container ships that the Oslo-listed company will manage for a foreign shipping line.
The “super eco” vessels will start long-term fixed charters following delivery beginning in mid-2015.
The total transaction, including the cost of building the ships and the charter parties, is valued at around $2.4 billion, SinOceanic said.
SinOceanic is majority owned by Singapore-based Sinindo Holdings, a subsidiary of China’s HNA transport and logistics conglomerate.