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Soechi Lines takes BP Shipping MR tanker pair

Just a few days after being linked with the purchase of medium range tanker Poulopom from Vietnam’s Prime Shipping, sources tell Splash that the Indonesian owner is taking over a piece of the BP Shipping fleet.

Medium ranger tanker pair, the 37,220-dwt British Esteem and British Explorer, have been snapped up by Soechi for $10.5m each.

The 2003-built pair have been circulated for sale by BP Shipping for quite some time, and their profile match that of the 15 year old Poulopop acquisition the company was linked with earlier in the week.

Soechi Lines owns around forty tankers including chemical tankers and gas carriers.

Hans Thaulow

Hans Henrik Thaulow is an Oslo-based journalist who has been covering the shipping industry for the last 15 years. As well as some work for the Informa Group, Hans was the China correspondent for TradeWinds. He also contributes to Maritime CEO magazine. Hans’ shipping background extends to working as a shipbroker trainee with Simpson, Spence & Young in Hong Kong.
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