Greece’s Chartworld Shipping is returning to the newbuilding arena with plans to bolster its container fleet, reportedly lining up a deal for a quartet of 3,100 teu vessels at Chinese builder New Dayang.
Athens-based shipbroking sources report that the Kollakis brothers-led diversified owner has signed a letter of intent covering two firm and two optional units, with deliveries pencilled in for 2028. The price tag is estimated to be around $42m per vessel.
If firmed up, this would mark Chartworld’s first containership order since its 2021 quartet of 13,288 TEU vessels — two of which were chartered to Hapag-Lloyd, with the remainder held under the German liner’s direct ownership. The company is listed with 13 owned boxships, including the 2010 Hanjin Subic-built 3,718 teu CMA CGM Africa Two (pictured).
The deal emerges amid a wider wave of Greek activity in the boxship market. Fellow owner Latsco Shipping has recently ordered two firm and two optional 1,900 teu ships at Guangzhou’s Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding. Meanwhile, Alberta Shipmanagement and Chios Navigation are also active, with similar feeder-sized newbuilding projects underway at Chinese yards. Several other Greek owners — including Capital Maritime, Navios Maritime Partners, Danaos and TMS Group — are reportedly in play for new boxship tonnage.
Meanwhile, German owners have also been linked to a fresh series of LOIs for 3,000 teu feeder vessels at unnamed Chinese yards. While details are scarce, the projects are said to be advancing toward the contract stage.
“Overall enquiry remains active across the board,” Danish outfit MB Shipbrokers noted in its latest market report, adding that most yards are now booking into 2028, and while the volume of new orders remains limited, sentiment is firm and pricing remains stable.
