PIL awards contract to build four 14,000 teu LNG dual-fuel propulsion container vessels

Pacific International Lines (PIL) has awarded a contract to Jiangnan Shipyard for the construction of four 14,000 teu container vessels, each equipped with dual-fuel engines and auxiliaries which can run on both liquefied natural gas (LNG) or low sulphur fuel oil (LSFO).

Set to be delivered progressively from the second half of 2024 through to the first half of 2024, the four vessels will be the largest container vessels in PIL’s fleet and the first to run on LNG.

Lars Kastrup, co-president and executive director of PIL, said: “This contract to build the four 14,000 teu LNG duel-fuelled vessels marks out plan to continue optimising our fleet to serve our customers in our key markets.