Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is said to have approached shipyards in China for a series of neo-panamax containerships, amid doubts over five ships in its chartered-in orderbook.
Shipbuilding sources said the Diego Aponte-led company is looking to replace the 12,200-teu newbuildings it fixed from containership tonnage supplier SinOceanic Shipping as it worries they may not get delivered.
“MSC started approaching Chinese shipbuilders a few months ago,”one of the sources said.
