On March 11th, CSTC & Dalian shipyard (DSIC), two subsidiaries of CSSC, successfully secured an order for the construction of two plus two 7,100TEU container vessels from Danaos Corporation (Danaos). In the presence and witness of the top management from CSTC, DSIC and Danaos, the representatives of each party signed the contracts online.

The environmentally advanced vessels are developed by Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI), are being built in accordance with the latest requirements of Tier III emission standard of the IMO and EEDI Phase III and they are Class certified Methanol Fuel Ready.  

Danaos is one of the world's largest containership charter owners with a total of 71 container ships ranging from 2,200TEU to 13,100TEU and currently has long-term ship charters with the world’s leading liner companies.