Norway’s Equinor has received a wide range of offers from shipowners for a raft of dual-fuelled aframax and LR2 tanker newbuildings, with some priced at 15% to 20% above recently concluded vessel deals due to the recent hike in steel prices.
Brokers said bids on the high-specification vessels have been offered at prices ranging from levels in the high $60m to mid-$80m range.
