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Clients of Sea Pioneer Shipping Corporation have ordered six 115,000 DWT crude oil tankers at SK Oceanplant Shipyard in South Korea. The ships are due for delivery from the first quarter of 2029 through the second quarter of 2030, and TrustedDocks puts the deal at about USD 71.6 million per vessel.
Svitzer has ordered six additional 29-metre TRAnsverse tugs from Cheoy Lee Shipyards, taking its total order for TRAnsverse 2900 vessels from the yard to 14. The new tugs will each have 80 tonnes of bollard pull and are biofuel-ready, prepared for IMO Tier III requirements and fitted for Firefighting Class 1. Deliveries are due to start in early 2028.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has taken delivery of Arctic Tern, the first vessel in its new Shaper Class series. The dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier will trade through EUKOR Car Carriers on Asia-Europe routes and enter service immediately. The ship was ordered in March 2022 from K Shipbuilding and is due to undergo its first methanol bunkering shortly after commercial operations begin.