Consort Bunkers of Singapore continues to feast on the fleet of bunker tankers of the Lim family-controlled Ocean Tankers and Xihe group to fuel its expansion plans.

The company, which owns its vessels via subsidiary Consort Tankers, is also ordering more ships in China.

On the second-hand front Consort has concluded a deal to acquire the 4,000-dwt bunker tanker Marine Hope (built 2009) from Xihe Holdings special-purpose vehicle (SPV) An Tai Shipping.