The Bremen-based owner turned to Taizhou Sanfu ShipEngineering for the 12,500-dwt units, it revealed today in a statement.
The first is due to hit the water in the fourth quarter of 2015 with the remaining vessels to follow at three month intervals.
Zeaborn, which was formed almost exactly a year ago, declinedto reveal the price it is paying and did not say whether there are any optionsin place.
However TradeWinds reported over a month ago that the orderhad been logged at a cost of $19m per vessel, according to market sources.
The 145 metre-long vessels are equipped with twotower slewing cranes, each with the capacity to lift 250 tonnes.
"At ZEABORN, our focus is on the attractive nichemarket of the heavy-cargo segment within the shipping industry,” said co-founders and managingpartners Jan-Hendrik Tobbe and Ove Meyer.
“Our aim is to establish a market-relevant fleet, reachingcritical mass in terms of size via our newbuild programmes, suitable existingvessels as well as chartered MPP vessels.
“We see ourselves as an integrated shipping company that isalso open to strategic partnerships and acquisitions," they added.
