Japan’s Shinomiya Tanker taps domestic yards for handysize bulker series

Japanese shipowner Shinomiya Tanker has reportedly commissioned three compatriot yards for five handysize bulker newbuildings. The Tokushima-based company has placed a single 40,000 dwt vessel at Naikai Zosen, with two additional ships each ordered from Imabari Shipbuilding and Hakodate Dockyard at $33m apiece. The first ship, linked by brokers to a charter deal with Denmark’s …