Cido Shipping has ordered two LNG dual-fuelled neo-panamax boxships at Hyundai Heavy Industries against charters with Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), as the liner giant firms up fuelling switches for other containership newbuildings it has on order in China.

Sources following the order said South Korean-owned, Hong Kong-based Cido contracted two dual-fuelled, 15,600-teu ships at the yard for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first three months of 2024.