Oman Drydock Company (ODC) has been awarded two major conversion contracts by Greek ship owner Springfield Shipping, a report said.

Under the multi-million dollar contracts ODC will convert the recently bought 319,869 deadweight tonnage (DWT), 2010-built Selma B to the Olympic Lion and the 2009-built Camilla T to the Olympic Leopard, reported the Muscat Daily citing senior officials.

The ships will be converted from oil bulk ore carriers to very large crude carriers, thereport stated.

ODC officials said the deal will be formally announced at the Nor Shipping trade fair in Oslo, Norway.

The contract win comes on the heels of a similar job ODC had executed for Springfield as part of the Onassis Foundation, on the Olympic Luck this January, the report stated.

ODC chairman Abdulmalik Al Hinai said the work on the new projects would start this month with around 500 workers on the job involving more than 6,000 tonnes of steel.

ODC chief executive Yong Duk Park said the conversions will be managed using the expertise of South Korean shipbuilding giant Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), which is ODC’s partner.

"These complex, rigorous and demanding conversions will use DSME's broad knowledge of precision engineering and design innovation to inform our construction methods," he added.