The
Hamburg-headquartered outfit will see our firm 22,000 dwt IMO type II vessels
delivered in 2027 for an undisclosed price. The company, founded in 2005 by
Steffen Thate and Stephan Bracker, has four optional newbuilds attached to the
deal.
TB Marine is listed on VesselsValue
with 20 owned ships in the tanker and boxship segments and around 50 vessels
under management.
Several
owners had signed up for chemical tanker tonnage in recent months, including
Chinese chemical enterprise Junzheng Group, Denmark’s Rederiet MH Simonsen and
another German owner, GEFO