In a stock exchange filing, China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), the major shareholder in the venture with Sinotrans & CSC, said the vessels were acquired from Longxue Shipbuilding, Crystal Shipping and Nanjing Tanker.
They were built between 2008 and 2014 but the company failed to identify the vessels or give a price for the deal.
The latest deal follows the Chinese alliance’s acquisition of seven secondhand VLCCs in November, CMES said.
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