The week in newbuildings: Coated aframax tankers in vogue
- Newbuilding contracts for one LNG carrier, two bulkers, a pair of boxships, nine tankers and 16 general cargoships recorded in past week
- Orders include six LR2 tankers ordered by Greek owners at China’s Zhoushan Changhong Shipbuilding
- Purus has added a 10th LNG carrier at South Korea shipyard HD Hyundai
Two shipowners ordered coated aframax tankers in the past week, while South Korea-based Pan Ocean contracted two VLCCs in South Korea