the Monegasque Scorpio Tankers has announced to have signed agreements with the two South Korean ship yards Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Ltd. and Deawoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) for the construction of a minim of a five and maximum of ten new ships for gas of liquified oil. The orders, that they previously replace issued orders regarding the South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries Ltd. for four tankers LR2, are relative to Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGC) of the unitary ability to 84.000 cubic metres and of the unitary value of 74 million dollars approximately. The first five ships will be taken in delivery in 2015, of which two in according to trimester, in the third trimester and two in the last trimester of the year.

the new store clerks represent the income of the company in the field of the gas transport of liquified oil. "We are enthusiastic for our income in section LPG, than for a long time we consider an extension of the segment "product"", he has emphasized the president and managing director of Scorpio Tankers, Emanuele Lauro. "With common customers, ship yards and commercial routes and with seasonal fluctuations that are compensated - Lauro has explained - the markets product tanker and LPG they are absolutely complementary. Above all the gas of which liquified oil, so like the refined produced ones, marks competitive prices on the total market and allows to acquire new and far customers, and this is evidenced by the acceleration of the volumes in export from the USA Gulf" .