Company
Contships Logistics has launched a Chinese newbuilding programme for up to 30 feeder container ships through its subsidiary CLC Newbuildings. The first tranche covers 10 confirmed 1,300 teu vessels at Hubei Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding Group, with two further batches of 10 options each.
Maersk has confirmed orders for 26 large containerships, each with 18,600 teu capacity and dual-fuel engines able to run on LNG. Deliveries are scheduled across 2029 and 2030, but the carrier has not named the shipyards or disclosed contract values. The 26 ships add 483,600 teu to Maersk’s orderbook.
MacGregor has secured a contract to supply cargo-handling systems for six 1,700 TEU dual-fuel, LNG-powered containerships being built at Cochin Shipyard Limited in India for CMA CGM. The ships are scheduled for delivery between 2029 and 2031, and the order was booked in MacGregor's Q2 2026 results.
CMA CGM has ordered six 3,100-TEU container ships from China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyard, according to market sources. The vessels will be 199.9 metres long, 35.2 metres in beam and have a designed draft of 8.5 metres.
Vietnam Ship Repair published a 2026 ranking of the five largest container shipping companies by capacity and fleet size. MSC tops the list with about 7.3 million TEU and about 1,000 ships, followed by Maersk, CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping and Hapag-Lloyd.