Russia's new far eastern Zvezda Shipyard is tendering to import key tanker parts from South Korea.
Buying a stern, bow sections and anchors is cheaper than constructing them itself, the Kommersant daily claimed.
Clarksons lists seven 114,000-dwt aframaxes on order at the yard: five for Rosneft and two for Sovcomflot.
The first is due in 2021.
