They will be taken delivery in the third quarter of 2027
Cypriot Danaos Corporation has ordered from the
Chinese Dalian Shanhaiguan shipyard two further
7,165 TEU container ships that will be taken over in the third
quarter of 2027. The new ships will be able to be powered by
methanol and will be equipped with open loop scrubbers. Danaos announced
that for the two new container carriers, five-year
charter agreements have already been fixed
that will generate
revenues of approximately $140 million. The company,
additionally, announced that it had concluded other agreements for the
forward chartering of four ships that are already part of
its fleet, contracts that will produce revenues of approximately 164
million dollars.
Danaos currently owns a fleet of 74
container ships with a total capacity of 471,477
TEU and is in the process of building 18 new container carriers for
a further capacity of 148,564 TEUs, of which one for
delivery in 2025, three in 2026, 12 ships in 2027 and two in 2028.
