Danaos boosts fleet with six boxship orders; four 10-year chartered

John Coustas-led Danaos Corp, a New York-listed owner, has expanded its newbuilding portfolio with an order for six 1,800 teu containerships.

The Greek shipowner said the order was placed in November with expected deliveries from 2027 through 2029.

The company has arranged 10-year charters for four out of these six vessels, adding around $236m to its contracted revenue backlog.

Dr. John Coustas, chief executive officer of Danaos, commented: “In relation to our newbuilding program, we recently added six 1,800 TEU vessels to our orderbook with scheduled deliveries between 2027 and 2029 and have secured 10 year charters for four of these vessels with a contribution to our contracted revenue backlog of approximately $236 million.”

In November, the shipowner also took delivery of one 6,014-teu containership as per schedule, that is added to prior deliveries, under the company’s newbuilding container vessels program of six newbuilding containerships in 2024 and one in January 2025.

Currently, Danaos’ orderbook consists of 23 newbuilding containership vessels with an aggregate capacity of 153,350 teu, with expected deliveries of three vessels in 2026, thirteen vessels