New York-based bulker company Foremost Maritime has turned to Japan for half-a-dozen kamsarmax bulkers under construction at Oshima Shipbuilding.

Foremost has ordered ships in China for more than a decade.

The IHS/Lloyd’s Register database lists the first newbuilding — to be named Kang May — as scheduled for delivery in August this year, followed by the Nan May in September. Three units — the Rong May, Ing May and En May — are pencilled in for 2017 delivery, with the Jia May due to float out of the drydock in May 2018.

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