en.Wedoany.com Reported - On May 5, China's Hengli Heavy Industry signed a 2+2 shipbuilding contract for 158,000 DWT Suezmax tankers with European shipowner BEACON TANKERS, marking the start of their first cooperation.

The Suezmax tanker has become a mainstay vessel type for Hengli Heavy Industry, with a total of 20 units contracted this year, including a batch order of 9 from Greece's Dynacom Tankers and 1 from Greece's Uthalden. All these newbuilds are based on Hengli Heavy Industry's proprietary designs, which facilitates rhythmic and batch production.

Hengli Heavy Industry stated that the 20 Suezmax tankers contracted this year, all of the same design, demonstrate the shipbuilder's independent design capabilities and construction prowess in this vessel segment, further marking a new competitive landscape for Chinese private shipbuilding enterprises in the international mainstream tanker market.

According to data released by Hengli Heavy Industry a few days ago, as of April 30, the company's new orders for this year have reached 126 vessels, covering mainstream types such as tankers, bulk carriers, and container ships, already surpassing the total of 115 vessels for the entire year of 2025.

Among the shipbuilding projects finalized this year, Hengli Heavy Industry officially announced 2 units of 93,000 cubic meter LPG dual-fuel Very Large Ammonia Carriers (VLACs) and 2 units of 306,000 DWT LNG dual-fuel Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), representing a major breakthrough for the shipbuilder in the newbuilding market and ship construction field.

In addition to signing new ship orders, on May 5, Hengli Heavy Industry held a naming ceremony for two 82,000 DWT bulk carriers built for Dynacom. The new vessels were named "OTHONOI" and "ZAKYNTHOS" respectively.

Dynacom is one of Hengli Heavy Industry's first overseas shipowners. The first independently developed and constructed 306,000 DWT VLCC by the shipbuilder was built for this owner. The two parties have now cooperated on the construction and delivery of 2 units of 306,000 DWT VLCCs and 11 units of 82,000 DWT bulk carriers.

As an important partner of Hengli Heavy Industry, in addition to the aforementioned 9 Suezmax tankers, Dynacom has also ordered multiple 306,000 DWT VLCCs from Hengli Heavy Industry this year.

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