Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has placed orders for four Aframax crude oil tankers in a series to be built by China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, reports Baird Maritime.
CSSC and SDARI
Designed by China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s (CSSC) Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI), the vessels will each have an LOA of 249.9 metres, a beam of 44 metres, and a deadweight tonnage of 113,600. Each ship will also have an IMO Tier III-compliant dual-fuel main engine.
Delivery of the first 113,600DWT crude tanker to EPS is scheduled for 2028. Each ship in the series will have a purchase price of approximately US$73 million.
The acquisition of the new tankers is in line with EPS’ fleet upgrade program in response to a resurgence in global demand for crude transport.
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Source: Baird Maritime
