Oman Shipping Company has strengthened its ties with Shell through a deal that will see the oil major mobilise the company’s VLCCs.

A three-year contract of affreightment (COA) has been signed between Oman Shipping’s subsidiary Oman Charter Company and Shell International Eastern Trading Company.

Shell has already chartered 10 medium-range (MR) tankers from Oman Shipping but this is the first deal involving VLCCs.

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