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Pacific Basin adds another Japanese handy
Hong Kong-listed handy specialist Pacific Basin continues to show trust in the market. Last month Pacific Basin took its fleet to 100 ships, now it’s adding more.
Brokers tell Splash says the Mats Berglund-led company has added the 2011, Japanese-built Global Peace for $10m from one of this year’s most active sellers, United Ocean Group. Pacific Basin took another United Ocean ship, Ocean Harmony, a few months ago for $9.6m. Both are bank driven sales as the Tokyo firm sought court protection 17 months ago.
In its first quarter trading update Pacific Basin stated a belief that the worst of the market downturn is over.