COSCO SHIPPING DEVELOPMENT has commissioned the construction of 15 Newcastlemax bulk carriers, each with a deadweight tonnage of 210,000, through its wholly owned subsidiary Hainan COSCO SHIPPING Development Shipping Co., Ltd. The order is split between Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd - CSSC, which will build 10 vessels, and Nantong Xiangyu Marine Equipment Co., Ltd, responsible for 5 vessels. The total contract value amounts to 7.92 billion yuan (excluding