Japanese transport mammoth Nissen Kaiun has signed up for extra MR2 tanker newbuilds in South Korea.
A number of brokers reported Nissen Kaiun had returned to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for eight 50,000 dwt product carriers, paying simply over $370m.
The ships, anticipated to hit the water in 2024 and 2025 can be Tier III and EEDI Section 3 compliant. The low-profile shipowner now has 28 MR2s booked at Hyundai shipyards, in keeping with VesselsValue information.
Final week the tanker sector noticed essentially the most orders with brokers at Intermodal recognizing 22 vessels. Aframax/LR2 orders cowl the biggest portion of this 12 months’s newbuilding exercise the place most not too long ago the Greek proprietor Dynacom booked 10 agency and 4 non-obligatory scrubber-equipped 115,000 dwt tankers at Dalian Shipbuilding at $63m apiece.
