Aponte family-led Mediterranean Shipping Co is being named as the buyer behind a KRW 903.9bn ($762.3m) order for five ultra-large containership newbuildings announced by South Korean shipbuilder DSME.
The yard made a statement on the contract today without naming the buyer.
Shipbuilding sources named MSC as the client, detailing that the 23,000-teu newbuildings, which are priced at around $152m each, will be fitted with exhaust gas emission scrubbers.
