Singapore's Eastern Pacific Shipping has placed an order for four 6,000TEU container vessels at Hengli Heavy Industry's Dalian yard, with a contract value between US$300 million and $500 million, reported Saint Petersburg's Port News.

The order was disclosed on September 11 by *ST Songfa, Hengli's Shanghai-listed entity. The buyer is identified as special-purpose companies linked to Eastern Pacific. Deliveries are scheduled between the second half of 2027 and 2028.

Hengli described the vessels as medium-size models with high loading capacity, low fuel consumption and compliance with current IMO environmental standards. No propulsion or alternative-fuel details were provided.

Industry sources suggest the deal includes options for four additional sister ships, though this was not confirmed in the stock exchange filing.

In July, Eastern Pacific signed a separate agreement with Hengli for two plus two LNG dual-fuel suezmax tankers.

Eastern Pacific Shipping is a Singapore-based shipowner and manager controlled by interests of Idan Ofer. It operates a mixed fleet across dry bulk, container, crude and product tanker segments, managing both owned and affiliated vessels.

Hengli Heavy Industry (Dalian) Co Ltd is part of the Hengli Group and builds merchant ships including container vessels, tankers and bulk carriers. It occupies the former STX Dalian shipyard site.