reports on 24 September 2026 published a formal notice that the 15,835t bulk carrier XIE HAI 106 will be offered at public online bidding on 27 October 2026. The announcement sets out the organiser, the platform and the narrow window during which bids will be accepted.
The notice states that the transferor, described as the Seller, entrusted the vessel sale to a named Bidding Company which will conduct the process. The Bidding Company has scheduled an online public bidding to take place on the Shipbid website.
Bidding is set to open at 10:00 and close at 10:30 Beijing Time on 27 October 2026, a half hour window during which offers will be taken through the Shipbid portal. The published item identifies the vessel as XIE HAI 106 and specifies the unit as a 15,835t bulk carrier.
The announcement presented by reports frames the event as a public bidding and gives the single precise date and time for the sale proceedings. No further commercial terms, reserve price or vessel particulars were included in the summary provided for verification.
Platform and organiser
The bidding will be hosted on Shipbid, the online platform named in the announcement, with the Bidding Company acting on behalf of the Seller. The release makes clear that the company entrusted with the sale will operate the public auction on the platform.
Timing and format
The bidding window is fixed to a single half hour on 27 October 2026 and is expressed in Beijing Time, which the notice uses as the reference timezone. Prospective participants are thus given a specific and narrowly defined interval for submitting offers via the Shipbid website.
Sources carried the notice on 24 September 2026 and presented the timetable and the identities involved as described above. The publication’s item served to notify the market of the scheduled online auction rather than to summarise technical details about the vessel or the commercial conditions of sale.
In keeping with the verified announcement, the only vessel identified for the bidding is XIE HAI 106, defined in the notice as a bulk carrier of 15,835t. No further particulars about the ship’s registry, built year, inspection status or physical location were included in the text supplied for verification.