The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited (GE Shipping) has placed an order for 3 new building Kamsarmax dry bulk carriers with the Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group, China, the company said in its press release.
The ships will be built at Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, China (Builder's Shipyard). The contracted ships, of about 82,000 dwt each, w ill be built according to the new eco design features which will result in greater fuel effici ency and be in compliance with Energy Efficiency Design Index requirements.
The 3 vessels are expect ed to join the Company’s fleet in 2Q and 3Q of CY16. The Company’s current fleet stands at 30 vess els, comprising 22 tankers (8 crude carriers, 13 product tankers, 1 LPG carrier) and 8 dry bulk ca rriers (1 Capesize, 3 Kamsarmax, 4 Supramax) with an average age of 9.0 year s aggregating 2.42 mn dwt.
The Company also has on order 3 other new building vessels of which 1 is an MR product tanker and 2 Kamsarmax dry bulk carriers.