Thenamaris asset sale and fleet-renewal drive is acquiring ever bigger dimensions.

The Greek shipping giant disclosed that its newbuilding orderbook at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) in China has reached six 114,000-dwt product tankers.

TradeWinds reported in March how the Nikolas Martinos-led company returned to the Chinese shipyard for the first time in a decade for two firm and one optional vessel of that type.