The expanding Thaishipowner has ordered the 64,000-dwt vessels at Sainty Marine for between $27.4m and $27.9meach.

Itsaid it will also enter into two further newbuilding contracts for 64,000-dwtbulkers with Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering at a cost of $27.9m each.

Bangkok-basedPrecious said the entire series of twelve ultramax newbuildings would set itback around $333.8m.

The twelve ships, which will be eitherSingapore of Thai-flagged, are due to be delivered between May 2015 and March2016.

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