FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Veson Nautical has taken a look at tanker newbuild ordering trends in 2026, finding that ordering has surged c.358% year-on-year to 444 vessels, led by VLCC and Suezmax activity and dominated by Greek owners. As explained, tanker newbuild ordering has gathered significant momentum through 2026, increasing c.358% year-on-year with 444 vessels placed year to date (including on order and options) across all major segments. Activity peaked in February at 20.5 mil DWT before moderating in subsequent months. RelatedNews Baltic Exchange: Maritime market highlights 15-19 June GSCC Chairman highlights need to strengthen the attractiveness of the Greek flag var jnews_module_21376337_0_6a391d8541514 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21376337","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"33,1189,1573,239,1582","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_li