Bocimar continues to grow in the stainess-steel tanker market by exercising an option for a third 19,500-dwt vessel at Kitanihon Shipbuilding in Japan.

The Antwerp-based dry bulk company announced in January that it was teaming up with Cobelfret of Luxembourg for a pair of chemical tankers for delivery in 2015 and 2016.

Bocimar managing director Benoit Timmermans confirms that deal included the option now declared.