John and Maria Angelicoussis-controlled Maran Tankers is being linked to an order worth KRW 458.7bn ($415.1m) for four LNG-fuelled VLCCs at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea.

The shipbuilder said on Thursday that it had won a deal for the vessels from a shipping company in Oceania — a term generally used by shipbuilders to blur the location of the contracting party.