Delivery Of New Build Vessel And Rescheduling
Of Vessel Deliveries By COSCO Zhoushan
5 March 2010
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited (the “Company”) wishes
to announce that its subsidiary, COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd. (“COSCO
Zhoushan”) (being a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard
Group Co., Ltd) has delivered a new build ship, a 57,000 dwt bulk carrier, the M.V. SHUN
XIN, to its buyer, a subsidiary of China COSCO Holdings Company Ltd. The delivery
documents were signed between COSCO Zhoushan and the buyer at COSCO Zhoushan on
26 Feburary, 2010.
The M. V. SHUN XIN measures 189.99 meters long, 32.26 meters wide and 18 meters high.
Classed by NK, the bulk carrier has a draft of 12.8 meters and a navigation speed of 14.2
knots.
The Board of Directors of the Company also wishes to announce that COSCO Zhoushan
has recently agreed, following requests from a European ship owner, to reschedule the
delivery dates of 4 units of 57,000 dwt bulk carriers contracted by the ship owner. The
agreement on the rescheduling of vessels’ deliveries has been acceded to upon the request
of and after negotiations with the ship owner.
Pursuant to the rescheduling, the delivery dates for those four vessels, which are being built
by COSCO Zhoushan, will now take place between eighteen and nineteen months after their
original delivery dates, the last of which will now take place by March 2012 instead of
September 2010.
The above reschedulings are not expected to have any material impact on the net tangible
assets (NTA) and earnings per share (EPS) of the Company for the year ending 31
December 2010.
Cosco Corporation (Singapore) Limited
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