Cypriot Danaos Corporation has ordered the shipyard to Chinese Dalian Shanhaiguan building two further 7,165 TEU container ships that will be taken over in the third quarter of 2027. The new ships will be able to be powered by methanol and will be equipped with open loop scrubbers. Danaos announced which for the two new container carriers have already been fixed five-year rental agreements that will generate revenues of approximately $140 million. The company, In addition, it announced that it had concluded other agreements for the forward chartering of four ships that are already part of the its fleet, contracts that will produce revenues of approximately 164 million dollars.

Danaos currently owns a fleet of 74 container ships with a total capacity of 471,477 TEU and is in the process of building 18 new container carriers for a further capacity of 148,564 TEUs, of which one in delivery in 2025, three in 2026, 12 ships in 2027 and two in 2028.