Goldwin Shipping of Hong Kong has booked up to three bulker newbuildings at CSSC Chengxi Shipyard early this month.
The low-profile company, also known as Jinwei Shipping, has inked one 64,000-dwt vessel at the state-owned shipbuilder with an option for two more.
Goldwin director Catherine Cheng confirms the order and says the company will take delivery of the firm ship at the end of 2012.
Cheng did not disclose a price but market players put it at around $31m per ship.
The bulker is being built to a new design, the result of a collaboration between Chengxi and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design Research Institute (SDARI).