Peter Döhle contracts up to five boxships at GSI

Germany’s Peter Döhle Schiffahrts has added to its boxship orderbook with up to five 8,400 teu newbuilds in China.

Shipbuilding sources say the Hamburg-based boxship and bulker owner and operator has contracted three firm and two optional vessels at CSSC Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI), paying between $120m and $125m per vessel.

The newbuilds will feature LNG dual-fuel engines with deliveries scheduled between 2027 and 2028.

Last year, Peter Döhle, which claims control of more than 300 tramp-owned containerships, ordered four newbuilds at CSSC-affiliated Hudong-Zhonghua after a break of nearly nine years.

Those ships, costing about $150m each, will have a capacity of 14,000 teu, be scrubber-fitted, methanol-ready, and delivered in 2027.