Singapore shipowner Berge Bulk is said to have signed a letter of intent with Guangzhou Longxue Shipbuilding and Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry respectively to order two plus two 250,000dwt VLOCs at each yard. The scheduled delivery time for the vessels is in 2014 and 2015.
Berge Bulk is a repeat customer for Bohai Shipbuilding, which delivered four 388,000dwt bulkers to Berge Bulk earlier, at the time the largest ships ever constructed in China.
Both yards have declined to reveal any more information about the orders.