PIL confirms new order for 8,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel boxships

Pacific International Lines (PIL) has awarded Yangzijiang Shipbuilding a contract to build four 8,000 TEU dual-fuel Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) container ships.

The vessels will be equipped with an ammonia intermediate ready fuel tank and will be gradually delivered through 2025.

It should be noted that this contract award follows the company’s previous contract to build four 14,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel vessels announced in March this year.

“We have decided to place an order for an additional four 8,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel vessels for two key reasons,” said Lars Kastrup, new CEO of PIL.

“Firstly, this is part of our ongoing efforts to optimise and renew our assets for greater operational efficiency. The new vessels will complement our existing fleet and support us in the enhancement of our connectivity to better meet the needs of our customers worldwide. Secondly, we have identified LNG as a commercially viable transition fuel solution and the new vessels, which will once again be LNG dual-fuel and ammonia ready, will contribute towards achieving our decarbonisation goal of attaining net zero carbon emission by 2050,” Kastrup added.