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Prima Marine orders small tanker trio at Zhejiang Shenzhou

Thai tanker owner Prima Marine has returned to Chinese yard Zhejiang Shenzhen Shipbuilding for the construction of three 3,000 dwt small clean tankers.

Delivery of the three vessels (hull 19057, hull 19058, hull 19059) are scheduled in April 2021. The value of the contract is not disclosed.

Prima Marine is a repeat customer of Zhejiang Shenzhou, having taken delivery of four 3,000 dwt tankers from the yard last year. The company currently has another tanker of the same size under construction at the yard.

VesselsValue data shows Prima Marine currently owns a fleet of 28 vessels comprising of 18 small tankers, one VLCC tanker, one aframax tanker and eight floating storage units.

Jason Jiang

Jason is one of the most prolific writers on the diverse China shipping & logistics industry and his access to the major maritime players with business in China has proved an invaluable source of exclusives. Having been working at Asia Shipping Media since inception, Jason is the chief correspondent of Splash and associate editor of Maritime CEO magazine. Previously he had written for a host of titles including Supply Chain Asia, Cargo Facts and Air Cargo Week.
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