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Vafias builds cape fleet

Greece’s Vafias family has bought its third capesize in the space of just a few weeks, lowballing and winning the bid at $24.75 m

This week, sources report that they had added the 12-year-old Imabari-built, 182,000 dwt Aquataine from Monaco-based GoodBulk. The ship will trade under the Vafias dry arm, Brave Maritime.

In the last couple of weeks, it added the 2011-built, 174,000 dwt, Japanese-built Aquafortune for $27.3m while also winning the winning bid for a ship from South Korea’s H-Line Shipping, taking the Hl Shinboryeong, a 179,000 dwt, Hyundai Samho-built vessel for around $25m. This 2010-built ship has been renamed Cape of Good Hope.

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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