China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has landed a newbuildings contract from P&O Ferries for large battery-fitted vessels.
The UK company has signed up to four 230-metre ropax super ferries with the Chinese state-owned shipyard. The deal involves for two firm vessels plus options for two more.
P&O Ferries said the the two firm newbuildings are worth €260m ($324m), inline with a shipbuilding's estimate that the each ferry newbuilding costs around €130m.
