Yangzijiang Shipbuilding bags $415m bulker order

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding racked up $415.3m in bulker orders in the last three months of 2010. The Singapore-listed, Chinese shipbuilder inked contracts for 15 bulkers to be delivered between 2011 and 2013. The new contracts secured comprise three 47,500 dwt bulk carriers, four 49,500 dwt bulk carriers, a pair of 7,600 dwt bulk carriers and six 82,500 dwt bulkers. The contracts are worth a total of $415.3m.