Sources told LNG Prime on Wednesday that Evergreen selected Samsung Heavy Industries and China’s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding following a tender for LNG dual-fuel vessels.
Each of the yards is expected to build seven LNG dual-fuel vessels with a capacity of 14,000 teu, the sources said.
The shipbuilding deals have not yet been signed.
No further information has been revealed.
Earlier this year, Evergreen ordered 11 LNG dual-fuel containerships with a capacity of 24,000 teu from South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean and China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI).
Hanwha Ocean will build six vessels, while GSI will build five LNG dual-fuel vessels.
The six ultra-large LNG dual-fuel containerships at Hanwha Ocean are worth about $1.6 billion, or $266 million per ship.
Hanwha Ocean will deliver these ships by March 2028.
This is the first order for LNG dual-fuel vessels for Evergreen, which has mainly focused on ordering methanol-powered ships during the last few years.
Last month, LNG Prime reported that France’s CMA CGM, Evergreen, South Korea’s HMM, and Denmark’s Maersk were all looking to order LNG dual-fuel containerships at yards in China and South Korea.
LNG remained the clear fuel of choice for alternative-fueled vessel orders, with 87 new ships ordered, totaling 14.2 million gross tonnes in the first half of this year, according to classification society DNV.
DNV said that LNG fuel remains dominant in the container segment, with 13.6 million GT (81 vessels) in the first half of this year.
