Evangelos Pistiolis has expanded his presence in the suezmax market by adding a pair of newbuildings at Hyundai Heavy Industries.

A private company in his Central Group has taken up options on a pair of 158,000-dwt tankers, which were attached to a contract signed with the world’s largest shipbuilder late last year.

“Now the two-plus-two has become four,” Pistiolis said when contacted by TradeWinds this week.