One of the most intense periods of new tanker ordering in recent years is
One of the most intense periods of new tanker ordering in recent years is underway, with Greek owners playing a leading role globally. Greek owners are leading a significant surge in new tanker orders globally. George Prokopiou’s Dynacom Tankers Management is expanding its tanker shipbuilding program with a new order for nine 158,000-dwt crude oil tankers at Hengli Shipbuilding.
Guangdong Songfa Ceramics Co., Ltd. (Songfa) has revealed the signing of two shipbuilding contracts for ten 158,000-dwt crude oil tankers with its subsidiary, Hengli Shipbuilding (Dalian) Co., Ltd. valued at between $700m and $1bn.
In a Shanghai stock exchange announcement on Feb. 10, the company confirmed that its subsidiary Hengli Shipbuilding signed contracts with Dynacom Tankers Management for nine ships. The remaining vessel was taken by what the filing described as a well-known European shipowner.
