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Valles concludes first sale in three years

Photo of Sam Chambers Sam ChambersJuly 14, 2017
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Valles Steamship has been linked with its first ship sale since 2014. The conservative Hong Kong owner is reported by brokers to have sold its second oldest ship in its fleet, the 2003-built Seaborne aframax.

The Tsuneishi-built vessel has fetched a price of $10.9m. The buyer has yet to be revealed.

The Valles fleet is made up of aframaxes, LR1 product tankers and two bulkers.

The last sale by Valles was the Seatransport back in 2014. Senior management at the Hong Kong firm told Splash today there were no further vessel sales planned for the time being.

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Photo of Sam Chambers Sam ChambersJuly 14, 2017
23 Less than a minute
Photo of Sam Chambers

Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.
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