Lemos company Enesel has secured a one-year timecharter for the first of its four VLCC newbuildings, shipbrokers say.

The 318,000-dwt Maria P Lemos is set to be delivered from Hyundai Heavy Industries this year, with three others to be taken over in 2019.

European brokers say the tanker is set to earn $31,500 per day from the contract with Mercuria.