Constantino Tomasos declines to confirm the reports.

The two tankers are understood to be costing $35m each and are scheduled for delivery in July and September 2017. They would bring the company’s tanker fleet up to 15.

Super-Eco is currently listed with 13 chemical/products tankers, seven of which have been built post-2010. In July, the company was reported to have sold the Spanish-built, 36,300-dwt Sirius I (built 1996) to an undisclosed buyer for $7.5m