Hong Kong-listed Seacon Shipping has moved to expand its tanker fleet with the acquisition of two chemical/oil tanker newbuildings.

The Qingdao-based owner said its Singapore subsidiary has agreed to buy the 2026-built units to be named Golden Gerbera and Golden Osmanthus from Oriental Prime Shipping.

The deal is worth $39.2m， equal to $19.6m per vessel.

Seacon said the acquisition would be funded through internal resources and external financing.

The seller， a British Virgin Islands-incorporated vessel holding company， is ultimately owned by Yu Sixing and is independent of Seacon， according to the filing.

Seacon said the purchase forms part of its strategy to phase out older controlled vessels and replace them with newer tonnage while expanding its controlled fleet.

The company has been active across several ship types this year.

Splash reported in March that Seacon had taken over contracts for four multipurpose newbuildings in a $44.4m deal， with the vessels originally contracted at Huanghai Shipbuilding.

The company was also involved in a recent kamsarmax transaction， buying a 2023-built bulker， Seacon Hamburg， out of Chinese leasing before the vessel was sold on to Nasdaq-listed Castor Maritime. A similar transaction was also recently sealed for the 2024-built kamsarmax Seacon Antwerp.