STX Offshore & Shipbuilding's potential bankruptcy could see a chunk of newbuildings removed from the orderbook.

The South Korean shipbuilder has an orderbook with 26 ships due for delivery in 2016, and 28 in 2017, says Arctic Securities analyst Erik Nikolai Stavseth.

They are said to consist of 27 product tankers, 15 crude tankers – two of which are said to be options – as well as eight chemical tankers.

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