{"id":34450,"date":"2023-08-16T13:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T10:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/euronav-pounces-on-vlcc-newbuilds\/34450\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T13:24:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T10:24:31","slug":"euronav-pounces-on-vlcc-newbuilds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/euronav-pounces-on-vlcc-newbuilds\/34450\/","title":{"rendered":"Euronav pounces on VLCC newbuilds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-before-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>Flush with cash having nailed its best Q2 results ever, Belgian tanker owner Euronav is adding tonnage with a deal for up to two VLCC newbuilds.<\/p>\n<p>The Brussels and New York-listed firm said it has agreed to buy one ship, with an option for another to be lifted in the next two months.<\/p>\n<p>The first unit should deliver in the third quarter of 2026 at a price tag of around $112.2m, while the average VLCC newbuild prices this year stand at about $122.5m, according to brokers. No further details about the deal have been revealed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-in-post-middle\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>Euronav owns a fleet of nearly 70 ships, including 41 VLCCs, with one under construction, and 26 suezmaxes on a fully delivered basis. The company\u2019s VLCCs on the spot market are traded in the Tankers International pool.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-after-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\" style=\"\">\n\t    <!-- \/91333190\/SPLASH247_*_Splash247_Article_*_Strip_Slot_*_2 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2\">\n<script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); });\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta post-bottom-tags post-tags-modern\">\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta-title\"><span class=\"tie-icon-tags\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Tags<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tagcloud\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/belgium\/\" rel=\"tag\">Belgium<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>splash247<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flush with cash having nailed its best Q2 results ever, Belgian tanker owner Euronav is adding tonnage with a deal for up to two VLCC newbuilds. The Brussels and New York-listed firm said it has agreed to buy one ship, with an option for another to be lifted in the next two months. The first &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tanker-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/34451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}