Dutch owner Mercurius Shipping has returned to China’s Jiangxi New Jiangzhou Shipbuilding Heavy Industry for more stainless steel chemical tankers.

The inland waterway shipping player has signed up for a pair of 6，000 newbuilds， with delivery likely by June and September 2026.

No price has been given for the 135-m-long vessels， the same as with the previous four-ship series that signaled the restructured builder’s， formerly known as Jiangzhou Union Shipbuilding， first foreign newbuilding order last March.

The Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht-headquartered company， which traces its roots back to 1983， counts a fleet of 21 vessels， mostly made up of inland tankers and boxships.