Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co has returned to Yangzijiang Shipbuilding for more bulker newbuildings.

Shipbuilding sources said Mitsui has signed up for three additonal kamsarmax bulkers, bringing its total order there to eight.

The price for the latest 82,000-dwt newbuildings has not been disclosed, but the company is reportedly paying about $27m each for five ships ordered during the first half of this year.