These combination carriers can carry both wet and dry cargo. By doing so, the ships can be run more efficiently than single-purpose vessels, as the combination carriers can have a better chance of being used on both legs of the journey.
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) has won a contract from a repeat customer, Klaveness Combination Carriers, to build three 83,300 dwt so-called combination carriers for delivery in 2026.
According to Klaveness Combination Carriers in a May 23 announcement to the Oslo exchange, the contract price of each vessel is US$56.4 million, while the estimated delivered cost including, amongst others, zero-emission readiness and costs for shipyard supervision team is approximately US$60.5 million per vessel.
