Intra-Asia liner operator TS Lines has signed up for six containership newbuildings worth around $172m at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding in China. The newbuildings contract involved two 2,900-teu and four 1,100-teu newbuildings.

Market sources said the newbuildings are option vessels that TS Lines held at the yard. The deal brings the order tally of the 2,900 teu that it has booked at Fujian Mawei to four and the smaller containerships to eight.