Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has clinched a deal to build Singapore's first dual-fuel bunker tanker.

Its Keppel Singmarine yard has signed a contract for a ship to be owned and operated by Sinanju Tankers Holdings of Singapore under a finance agreement with Mitsui & Co Asia Pacific.

Delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2019. No price was revealed.