CSSC-affiliated Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard has signed a letter of intent with German shipowner Nordic Hamburg for the construction of four 1,400teu dual-fuel container vessels with options to order two more.

Nordic Hamburg ordered the six vessels at Yangzhou Guoyu Shipbuilding in 2014 and planned to charter the vessels to Finnish company Containerships. Nordic Hamburg and Containerships cancelled the orders at Guoyu Shipbuilding in May due to the poor financial situation at the yard.