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TEN Announces Construction Of Nine Suezmax Shuttle Tankers With Expected Gross Revenues Of $2B, 15-Year Petrobras Contracts; TEN Becomes Largest Independent Shuttle Tanker Operator; Deliveries In 2027-2028

Benzinga·03/18/2025 13:19:26
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Expected gross revenues at $2.0 billion

TEN to become one of the largest independent Shuttle tanker operators

ATHENS, Greece, March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TEN, Ltd (NYSE:TEN) (the "Company") announces the construction of nine DP2 Suezmax Shuttle Tankers with 15-year employment contracts for Petrobras Transporte S.A. ("Transpetro"), Brazil's largest oil and gas transportation company. The deliveries are scheduled for 2027 and 2028 and TEN intends to build the vessels at Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. in South Korea, the yard that the Company is currently using for the construction of three DP2 Shuttle Tankers, all on long-term contracts to major oil companies, with deliveries in 2025 and 2026.

The charter will be in the form of a bareboat and the charterer will assume all operating and technical costs associated with the running of the vessels during the assigned employment period. With a proforma fleet of 16 DP2 Suezmax Shuttle tankers, TEN is now one of the world's largest Shuttle tanker owners. Gross revenues from this project are expected to be around $2.0 billion.