Peter Döhle firms up boxship newbuilds in China

Germany’s Peter Döhle Schiffahrts has moved fast to complete its containership orders in China.

Shipbuilding sources say the Hamburg-based boxship and bulker owner and operator has exercised options for a pair of 8,400 teu newbuilds at CSSC Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) after signing up for three firm units earlier this year.

Brokers have placed a price tag of $121m on each LNG dual-fuel vessel 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.