d’Amico International Shipping S.A., an international marine transportation company operating in the product tanker market, announces that its operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers D.A.C. (Ireland) has signed a shipbuilding contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International in China.
The Dublin-based ship operating subsidiary Afloat highlights that it is located at The Anchorage, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, has placed the order with GSI for the purchase of two new medium-range (MR1) product tanker vessels. The contract price of the new vessels is US$ 43.2 million each.
The 40,000 deadweight ton (dwt) newbuilds are expected to be delivered to d'Amico Tankers in April and July 2029. In addition, d'Amico Tankers has an option, exercisable within three months of signing the shipbuilding contract, to order one or two additional ships of the same type.
Currently the DIS’ fleet comprises 29 double-hulled product tankers (MR, Handysize, and LR1) of which 27 are owned and 2 are bareboat chartered-in, with an average age of about 9.5 years for its owned and bareboat chartered-in vessels.
The Milan-listed DIS, with its Dublin office, along with 10 more worldwide, is part of the d'Amico Società di Navigazione SpA (the d'Amico Group). It was founded in 1952 and offers international shipping services related to its core businesses and owners of an eco fleet of product tankers and also dry bulk carriers.
