Tanker orders ticking over

Sweden’s Wisby Tankers has also reportedly ordered four 15,000 dwt bitumen tankers from 3 Maj of Rijeka. The total contract price was reported to be $120 mill. According to local Croatian news reports, the order will fill the shipyard’s capacity in 2011 and for part of 2012. The first tanker is scheduled for delivery by 1Q12, while the other three are to be delivered at intervals of four months.

A yard spokesman reportedly said that there was a possibility to build an additional two tankers for the Swedish company, but this option will depend on the building of the four firm orders and the situation on the shipping market.