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30 August 2026

COSCO takes 2026 boxship spending to $8bn with latest $3bn haul

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COSCO takes 2026 boxship spending to $8bn with latest $3bn haul

COSCO Shipping Holdings has signed up for another 18 containerships worth RMB20. 27bn ($2. 99bn), taking its newbuilding commitments in the segment this year to 48 vessels and around $8bn. The latest package is split between 12 LNG dual-fuel megamaxes at CSSC’s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding and six wide-beam feeder ships at fellow CSSC yard Huangpu Wenchong. The …

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