For these new series of 16,800 and 24,000 TEU ships, both shipping lines have opted for dual fuel LNG engines
The hunger for new ships on the part of global carriers for the maritime transport of containerized cargo will not abate even in 2025. The German Hapag Lloyd and the Taiwanese Evergreen are in fact the latest shipping lines to have signed new orders for other large-capacity container ships
Six 16,800 Teu container ships
The German liner, as revealed by the shipping broker Intermodal, has ordered six 16,800 Teu container ships from the Hanwa Ocean shipyard (formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering) in South Korea. The builder told local media that it is “close” to winning the contract with the German shipping giant but that however nothing has yet been signed.
200 million dollars for each unit
The delivery of these new ships, equipped with dual fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion, is scheduled to start in 2027 and, again according to the rumors that have emerged, Hapag-Lloyd will pay 200 million dollars for each unit, bringing the total value of the contract to 1.2 billion dollars.
Eleven ships with a capacity of 24,000 Teu
The new orders signed by Evergreen for the construction of eleven ships with a capacity of 24,000 Teu are official because they are reported in the documentation for financial investors; five of these will be built by CSSC Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China, while the remaining six units will be built by Hanwha Ocean in South Korea
Investment of approximately $1.77 billion
The Taiwanese global carrier will pay approximately $265 million and $295 million respectively for each new building, for a total investment of approximately $1.77 billion for six ships at Hanwha Ocean and approximately $1.47 billion for five container ships at GSI.
These new container ships will be equipped with dual-fuel LNG propulsion and deliveries should begin in 2028. With this order, Evregreen has changed course compared to the methanol-powered containerships ordered in 2023 and 2024 from the Samsung Heavy Industries and Nihon Shipyard shipyards, a joint venture between Japan Marine United Corporation and Imabari Shipbuilding.
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