Nanjing Tanker Corp, a major domestic transporter of energy products, plans to add five new very large crude carriers (VLCC) to its fleet this year, the company has announced. The VLCCs, along with other new vessels that the company plans to put out to sea this year, will increase Nanjing Tanker’s shipping capacity from 1.82m tonnes to 3.82m tonnes. It transported 30.63m tonnes of products last year.

Nanjing Tanker was operating 58 ships at the end of 2008, only one of which was a VLCC. The company transports products for both domestic and foreign oil producers, including Sinopec, Shell and Exxon Mobil.