LNG dual-fuel boxship handed over to Eastern Pacific Shipping

Tue 8 Sep 2026, 08:00 GMT | Updated: Tue 8 Sep 2026, 08:03 GMT | Bunker Index Staff

LNG dual-fuel boxship handed over to Eastern Pacific Shipping

Closing ceremony held in Jingjiang for 8,400-TEU container vessel.

Closing ceremony of vessel with builder's hull no. 0208121.

New Times Shipbuilding has delivered an 8,400-TEU LNG dual-fuel container ship to Eastern Pacific Shipping. Pictured from left to right: Zhang Yuyong, Executive Deputy General Manager at New Times Shipbuilding, and Ni Jie, owner’s representative, during the closing ceremony of an 8,400-TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessel bearing builder’s hull no. 0208121, held on 4 September. Image credit: New Times Shipbuilding

New Times Shipbuilding held the closing ceremony for its 21st 8,400-TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessel on 4 September, with the vessel — bearing builder’s hull number 0208121 — formally handed over to owner Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS).

The ceremony took place in the meeting room on the eighth floor of the New Times Office Building at the yard’s facility. The company’s Executive Deputy General Manager, Zhang Yuyong, attended alongside EPS representative Ni Jie.

New Times Shipbuilding, based in Jingjiang, Jiangsu province, is part of China’s Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group.

Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) is a Singapore-headquartered shipowner and ship-management company that operates and manages a large, diversified international fleet in the containership, dry-bulk, gas-carrier and tanker sectors.

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