Idan Ofer-controlled Eastern Pacific Shipping has ordered two MRs in its first deal at Dae Sun Shipbuilding & Engineering in South Korea.

The pair of 50,000-dwt product tankers will be delivered by the end 2021.

The deal includes two options which Eastern Pacific has been given until the end May to exercise.

Conventional fuelling

Eastern Pacific, which believes LNG is the shipping fuel of the future, has opted to build conventional MR tankers.