Tankers

摘要

After several low-key months for tanker S&P, in which perceived values were falling, there was a perceptible rise in purchase enquiry with sales resulting across the ship size spectrum.rnEitzen Chemicals sold 3 high-spec IMO II MR newbuildings of about 46,200dwt building in Croatia to Laurin Maritime on a novation basis at US$41.33m each. A stainless steel 12,000 dwt tanker first ordered by Eitzen has now been sold by the builder Sasaki at region US$23/24m. The less sophisticated "Spirit Express" (45,861 dwt, built 2002, Japan) was sold for region US$25.5m. Only last December she had initially been marketed by her owners with price expectations in the high US$30 millions. Indonesians meanwhile took the double-hulled but non-Marpol "Rangoon" (41,570dwt, bit 1989) for region US$6m.