Cape Shipping is believed to have ordered another two 2,700-teu boxships at a Chinese yard for about $57m.

The Athens-based shipowner is reported to have inked orders for a pair of 2,700-teu high reefer units with the CSSC-affiliated Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding.

Attempts to confirm the order with Cape managing director Nicholas Pisanis were unsuccessful, but two European brokers believe that a contract has been signed for two vessels with 600 reefer plugs, to be delivered late 2019.