{"id":32952,"date":"2023-03-10T23:10:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T20:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/2005-built-vlcc-committed-for-52m\/32952\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T23:10:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T20:10:29","slug":"2005-built-vlcc-committed-for-52m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/2005-built-vlcc-committed-for-52m\/32952\/","title":{"rendered":"2005-built VLCC committed for $52m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-before-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>Japan\u2019s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is on the cusp of achieving a new high for vintage tanker tonnage.<\/p>\n<p>Broking sources tell <em>Splash<\/em> MOL has committed the 18-year-old, 311,000 dwt<br \/>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#00adeb;\" class=\"mt_tooltip\" data-mturl=\"\/en\/ais\/details\/ships\/shipid:461053\/mmsi:371595000\/vessel:461053\" data-mmsi=\"\" data-imo=\"\" data-dwt=\"\" data-yob=\"\" data-typename=\"\" data-typecolor=\"\" data-countrycode=\"\" data-country=\"\" data-info=\"Crude Oil Tanker [PA]\" data-photourl=\"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/file\/2023\/03\/2005-built-VLCC-committed-for-52m.aspx.jpeg\" data-assetname=\"YUFUSAN\" data-assettype=\"Vessel\">Yufusan<\/span> to Chinese interests for $52m.<\/p>\n<p>If the sale goes though, MOL will be left with a fleet of 20 VLCCs with an average age of 13 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-in-post-middle\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>Prices for all vintage tanker classes have leapt dramatically in the year since Russia invaded Ukraine with more than 400 ships now deemed to be part of the so-called dark fleet carrying sanctions-hit cargoes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-after-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\" style=\"\">\n\t    <!-- \/91333190\/SPLASH247_*_Splash247_Article_*_Strip_Slot_*_2 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2\">\n<script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); });\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta post-bottom-tags post-tags-modern\">\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta-title\"><span class=\"tie-icon-tags\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Tags<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tagcloud\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/japan\/\" rel=\"tag\">Japan<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>splash247<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is on the cusp of achieving a new high for vintage tanker tonnage. Broking sources tell Splash MOL has committed the 18-year-old, 311,000 dwt Yufusan to Chinese interests for $52m. If the sale goes though, MOL will be left with a fleet of 20 VLCCs with an average age of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tanker-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/32953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}