Greece’s Tsakos family is in talks with South Korean shipyards for a pair of aframax tanker newbuildings.

Shipbuilding sources say Tsakos is aiming to order the 114,000-dwt crude carriers on the back of charters to Chevron, although details of the charter deal have not been disclosed.

The family, headed by patriarch Captain Panagiotis Tsakos, is said to be holding the newbuilding discussions with Daehan Shipbuilding and Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.