en.Wedoany.com Reported - China's Weisheng Holdings officially signed a 2+2 construction contract for 62,000 DWT multipurpose heavy-lift vessels, according to its official WeChat account. The contract was jointly signed by its subsidiary Weisheng Shipping, Hong Kong Pusheng Shipping, and Nantong Yahua Shipbuilding Group. The new vessels are expected to be delivered successively starting from the first quarter of 2028 and will primarily be used for transporting large project cargoes such as wind power equipment, energy storage systems, and industrial modules.

Compared to traditional bulk carriers, the new vessels ordered by Weisheng Holdings are equipped with three 150-ton deck cranes and one 100-ton deck crane, capable of tandem lifting operations for heavy cargoes up to approximately 300 tons, meeting the loading and unloading demands of oversized equipment. The deck strength reaches 4.0 tons per square meter, exceeding the common level of approximately 3.5 tons per square meter found on general multipurpose vessels. The hold layout has been deeply optimized to balance flexible stowage of bulk, general, and project cargoes, efficiently adapting to operating conditions at major global ports and effectively shortening port turnaround cycles.

It is worth noting that this is not Weisheng Holdings' first order for multipurpose vessels. As early as the beginning of 2026, the shipowner officially entered this vessel market segment by ordering up to eight 17,400 DWT multipurpose vessels from Haitong Ocean.

This shipbuilding project in cooperation with Yahua Shipbuilding marks a leap for Weisheng Holdings' single-vessel capacity in the multipurpose segment from 17,400 DWT to 62,000 DWT, representing a significant step in the company's fleet upgrade and strategic layout.

According to Weisheng Holdings' plan, the 17,400 DWT multipurpose vessels are mainly intended to meet the flexible transportation needs of complex European ports, while the newly ordered 62,000 DWT vessels will further refine a dual-layer capacity matrix of "small flexible + medium-to-large heavy-lift," forming a full-scenario service capability ranging from regional short-sea to transoceanic long-haul, and from standard breakbulk to oversized heavy-lift cargoes.

It is reported that Weisheng Holdings started with ship operations in 2006 and has now become a comprehensive group covering the entire industry chain, with three major subsidiaries under its jurisdiction: shipping, financial investment, and trading. Its business covers areas such as financial investment, freight logistics, and ship investment and operation.

Weisheng Shipping is the shipping enterprise under Weisheng Holdings, focusing on international shipping services. It owns over 30 vessels with an average age of 20 years. Since launching its fleet renewal plan in 2025, the company has taken delivery of five Ultramax bulk carriers and will intensively take delivery of 10 multipurpose vessels (including eight 17,400 DWT class and two 62,000 DWT class) between 2027 and 2028.

Regarding the shipyard, in addition to the up to four multipurpose vessels ordered by Weisheng Holdings, Yahua Shipbuilding has signed an order for 4,350 TEU container ships with Shengsi Pusheng Shipping. The world's first CPGC-WinGD 6X62-1.1-HPSCR main engine equipped for this type of container ship has already been successfully delivered at the Hudong Heavy Machinery Zhenjiang plant.

Nantong Yahua Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd. is a private shipyard located in Nantong, Jiangsu Province. Registered and established in 2003, it covers an area of over 400,000 square meters with a quay shoreline length of 1,100 meters. The shipyard possesses four slipways and three docks, equipped with hundreds of sets of shipbuilding equipment including large gantry cranes and CNC plasma cutting machines. It primarily constructs vessel types such as multipurpose ships, container ships, bulk carriers, offshore engineering vessels, and tugboats.

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