BP Shipping buys 13 mega-tankers

摘要

STX Offshore Shipbuilding of South Korea has won a major crude oil tanker newbuilding contract from BP Shipping of the United Kingdom. The order is for a total of 13 tankers valued at about $700M en bloc and calls for 10 Aframaxes of 120,000dwt capacity and three 160,000dwt Suezmaxes. The yard, part of South Korea's beleaguered STX chaebol, called the order a splendid Christmas present.