Hong Kong and India-based shipowner and operator KC Maritime ordered two (2) ultramax bulk carriers as part of the company’s fleet expansion program. KC Maritime ordered two (2) 63K DWT ultramax bulk carriers at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry Zhoushan (Cosco Zhoushan). Gautam Chellaram-led KC Maritime has the ultramax bulk carrier newbuildings order. KC Maritime has a good relationship with the Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry Zhoushan (Cosco Zhoushan). Two (2) 63K DWT ultramax bulk carriers will comply with the IMO’s (International Maritime Organization’s) Phase 3 standards of the EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design). Hong Kong and India-based shipowner and operator KC Maritime. KC Maritime will take the delivery of two (2) 63K DWT ultramax bulk carriers in Q2 2023. In 2014, Hong Kong and India-based shipowner and operator KC Maritime ordered one (1) kamsarmax and two (2) ultramax bulk carriers at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry Zhoushan (Cosco Zhoushan). In January 2022, KC Maritime commenced the fleet expansion plan. In 2021, Hong Kong and India-based shipowner and operator KC Maritime acquired 2013 built ultramax bulk carrier 61K DWT MV Darya Anita and 2012 built ultramax bulk carrier 63K DWT MV Darya Maya. Currently, KC Maritime has a fleet of 12 bulk carriers. 27-January-2022
Hong Kong and India based shipowner and operator KC Maritime is rejecting of ultramax new buildings which are ordered at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong due to ship design problems. Chinese shipyard CSSC had moved to freeze the KC Maritime’s assets. KC Maritime ordered new buildings around $27 million each in 2013. Bulk carriers were designed by The Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute. KC Maritime’s cancellation may not be opportunistic as the same design Sdari-64 ships ordered by different shipowners have similar tail shaft vibrations. Fewer mechanical problems have arisen with ships built to the design of Sdari 64’s closest competitors. On the other hand, KC Hong Kong and India based shipowner and operator KC Maritime has been trying to sell 2004 built panamax dry cargo bulk carrier 74K MV Darya Shree for around $6 million. 7-August-2016