A sale done by Antwerp-based Compagnie Maritime Belge’s bulker arm Bocimar made the headlines in last week’s broker reports.
This week the taker is attached to the deal. Greek Cosmoship Management has emerged as the taker of 75% of Bocimar’s smallest bulkers, pocketing $27m for an en bloc deal for three ships built at Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipbuilding. Bocimar have let go of CMB Giulia, CMB Catrine and CMB Adrien, leaving the oufit with one last handy, the 2010-built Argenmar Mistral. Data VesselsValue has compiled on Bocimar shows a fleet with 27 bulkers of which 22 are capes. In comparison Cosmoship has 13 bulkers in the water, all in the handy segment. Cosmoship is also involved in the container segment.
