Greece’s Centrofin has added tanker newbuildings to its orderbook in a deal with South Korean yard Samsung Heavy Industries.
Shipbuilding sources have placed the Dimitris Procopiou-led company behind the order for four suezmaxes at about $83m per ship.
Samsung announced the order without disclosing the owner, with deliveries of the 158,000 dwt units set to close by December 2028.
Brokers suggest the South Korean shipbuilder will outsource the order to PaxOcean Zhoushan in China, similar to the suezmaxes George Procopiou’s Dynacom Tankers booked for construction last November.
Centrofin lists 24 tankers and 19 bulkers in its fleet, managed by Marine Trust and Trust Bulkers, respectively.
The company previously ordered five suezmaxes at Samsung between 2020 and 2021 and most recently signed up for six kamsarmax bulk carrier newbuilds at Hengli Heavy Industry in China.
