Hamburg-based asset and investment manager MPC Capital says it has clinched "attractive" yard slots for four new methanol-ready boxships in South Korea.

The 5,500-teu quartet will be delivered from the second quarter of 2023 at the former Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction, the shipbuilder's first new order in seven years.

The yard is now known as HJ Shipbuilding and Construction (HJSC).