New bulkers for Wisdom Marine

Japanese shipyard Imabari Shipbuilding is to build three dry bulk carriers worth a total of $86m for Taiwan-based Wisdom Marine.

Wisdom Marine is paying $28.5m each for two of the 63,000 dwt carriers and $29m for the third vessel.

The order is part of Wisdom’s plan to increase its fleet to between 100 and 120 vessel this year.

It is understood that the company already has around 30 newbuilds on order, mainly at Japanese yards.

The delivery dates are unknown.