Norwegian shipping company MPC Container Ships (MPCC) has awarded contracts for four 4,500TEU container vessels with Chinese shipyard Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering, with deliveries scheduled from the second half of 2027.
The total investment amounts to US$228 million. MPCC holds several options for additional vessels, offering what the company said is future scalability in line with market opportunities.
Each vessel has been fixed on a three-year time charter with an undisclosed global liner company. MPCC expects to generate approximately US$140 million in revenue and contribute around US$100 million in gross operating profit over the contracted charter period.
MPCC said the new vessels will feature energy-efficient technologies and have approximately 50 per cent lower slot costs compared to many peer vessels currently in operation. The vessels will be dual-fuel ready and will enable future conversion to operation on ammonia or methanol fuel.
MPCC said the investment further reinforces its transition toward a, "younger, more efficient, and environmentally compliant fleet, reducing exposure to regulatory and environmental risk."