Zodiac Maritime takes the plunge with suezmax orders in Vietnam

UK-headquartered Zodiac Maritime has achieved another shipbuilding first, becoming the first client of Samsung Heavy Industries’ newly controlled Vietnam shipyard, committing to three firm conventionally fuelled suezmax tankers with options, priced at $80m per unit and delivering in 2028. Each vessel, with a capacity of approximately 157,000 dwt, will be constructed by Samsung Heavy at …