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Court to auction Nantong Xiandai Ocean Shipping bulker
Wuhan Maritime Court will auction off 21,910 dwt bulk carrier Xia Dian 2 via online platform Taobao on December 19.
The vessel is owned by Nantong Xiandai Ocean Shipping, and has been detained by Wuhan Maritime Court at the request of China Guangfa Bank in a debt dispute.
The starting auction price for the 2008-built vessel is RMB20.43m ($3.08m).
Nantong Xiandai Ocean Shipping mainly operates in the domestic coastal and river bulk shipping business. The company has been involved in a series of debt disputes due to a financial crisis and has been put onto a credit black list by banks.