31 March 2022 – CMES Shipping operating under China Merchants Group (CMG) signed online a shipbuilding contract for 2+2 large LNG carriers with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company Limited (DSIC) and China Shipbuilding Trading Company Limited (CSTC) under China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Dalian and Beijing. CMG's Chairman Miao Jianmin, President Hu Jianhua  and Director Wang Hong  were joined by CSSC's Chairman Lei Fanpei, President Yang Jincheng and President Sheng Jigang to witness the signing process.