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Delivery of Containerships' New LNG-Powered Box Ships Delayed Until 2018
Containerships Ltd Oy (Containerships) Tuesday said the delivery of its six new liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered box ships, which would have been among the first such vessels in the world, will now begin in 2018, having been pushed back from the originally planned H1 2017.
Writing in its Interim Report Q1-2016, Containerships said the delay was due to a change in the shipyard.
The vessels had originally been slated for construction at China's Yangzhou Guoyu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Yangzhou Guoyu), but CEO Kari-Pekka Laaksonen told Tradewinds that "due to domestic problems we decided to change to another shipyard."
The first four of the vessels are now targeted to be delivered during 2018.
As Ship & Bunker previously reported in April 2015, Containerships' order for two more LNG-powered vessels would bring the company's total on-order LNG-fueled fleet to six - a fleet which the Finnish cargo company said would make it the first shortsea container operator in Europe to run ships on LNG.
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| VLSFO | MGO | |||
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| $/mt | +/- | $/mt | +/- | |
| Singapore | 644.50 | 1.00 | 782.00 | 10.50 |
| Rotterdam | 590.00 | 10.50 | 750.50 | 9.00 |
| Houston | 608.50 | 11.00 | 777.00 | 10.50 |
| Fujairah | 643.00 | 0.50 | 891.50 | 3.50 |
| Global 20 Ports Average | 658.50 | 3.50 | 848.50 | 2.50 |
| Global 4 Ports Average | 621.50 | 5.50 | 800.50 | 3.00 |
| Global Average Bunker Price | 713.00 | 1.50 | 890.00 | 0.50 |
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