April 6th, 20200Okeanis Eco Tankers, the Oslo-listed Alafouzos family tanker vehicle, has made a rare move by securing a long-term time charter for one of its VLCCs. Primarily a spot market player, Okeanis Eco Tankers has entered into a time charter contract with an unnamed international energy company for one of its VLCCs for a period of three years...
April 3rd, 20200Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has sealed a second time charter contract with Cargill this week after fixing 2010-built post-panamax vessel to the commodity trading giant. The charter, which commenced earlier this week, is for a period of 13 to 15 months at a rate of $4,000 per day for the first 60 days and $8,500 per day for...
April 1st, 20201With VLCC rates enjoying extraordinary strength over the past month, interest in secondhand tonnage is also strong. Brokers are seeing an increased demand for storage units as as the Saudi Arabian oil glut changes the face of the sector. Ten days ago Geek owner Charalampos Mylonas and his outfit Transmed Shipping was listed as the...
April 1st, 20200Greek dry bulk shipowner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Cargill International for 2013-built kamsarmax bulker . The new charter commences later this week and is a rate at $10,000 per day, down from the $14,000 per day Cargill was previously playing. It is scheduled to end between July 1, 2021 and...
March 27th, 20200Nasdaq-listed panamax bulker owner Castor Maritime has announced that 2004-built bulker has completed its scheduled dry-docking and special survey and has immediately commences a new charter contract. The vessel was fixed to Comerge, a Chinese commodity trader and logistics firm, for a period of 90 to 105 days at a rate of $7,000 per...
March 27th, 20200Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with John Michael Radziwill-led C Transport Maritime for the 2012-built capesize bulker . The charter commenced earlier this week and is for a period of 13 to 15 months. The charter rate is $6,000 per day for the first 35 days of the charter period and...
March 27th, 20200Qingdao Maritime Court will hold an auction to sell the 2008-built 57,000 dwt supramax bulker via online platform Taobao on April 10. The starting price for the vessel is RMB49.5m ($7m), while VesselsValue's valuation on the vessel is $7.4m. The vessel is the last ship in the fleet of Greek owner Remi Maritime, run by the Polemis...
March 25th, 20200Simeon Palios, the chairman and CEO of both Diana Shipping and Performance Shipping, has tested positive for coronavirus. In an SEC filing, Diana Shipping said it has appointed the Semiramis Paliou, the company’s deputy CEO and daughter of Palios, as acting chief executive officer on a temporary basis. Performance Shipping also...
March 25th, 20200Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Singapore’s SwissMarine for 2012-built post-panamax bulker . The charter commenced last week, and is for 13-15 months at a rate of $10,250 per day. The vessel was previously on charter to Uniper at $12,750 per day. Diana Shipping says the charter...
March 24th, 20200Greek owner Stavros Livanos-led Sun Enterprises has declared options at South Korean yard Deahan Shipbuilding for the construction of two 114,800 dwt aframax tankers. According to dhipbroking sources, the option is attached to the company's order of two firm 114,800 dwt aframax tankers at the yard in July last year. The...
