Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has secured orders for 11 more newbuildings that takes its total for the first half of the year to 100 vessels.

China's largest privately-owned shipbuilder said the latest orders were worth a total of $871m and take the value of orders secured so far this year to $5.6bn.

The latest orders involve six neo-panamax containerships, three feeder boxships and two 82,300-dwt bulk carriers.