Danaos Corporation has confirmed an order worth of $509 million in the shipyard Chinese Naval Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Related to Construction of five container ships, including four of the capacity of 9,200 TEUs, including three to be delivered in 2027 and one in 2028, and an 8,258 TEU ship that will be delivered in 2027. In addition The company, which owns a fleet of container ships placed for hire, announced that the value of the The company's rental portfolio increased by 616 million dollars, of which 203 million deriving from the stipulation of two-year chartering contracts covering nine vessels of its current fleet and about 413 million from the charters of the average maturity of 4.8 years for the five new ships ordered on Chinese shipyard.

Danaos currently has a total of 16 buildings under construction container ships that have a total capacity of 130 thousand TEUs. Net of these, its current fleet consists of 70 ships with a global capacity of 442 thousand TEUs.