Naftomar tied to suezmax deal as rates break the $300,000 mark in the Persian Gulf

A suezmax deal concluded last week already looks well-timed amid a rapidly shifting geopolitical backdrop.  Two years ago, UAE-based VLKR Ship Management acquired the 156,000 dwt Karvounis (built 2013, Sumitomo), paying $67.5m for the scrubber-fitted Japanese unit and renaming it Sigrun. The vessel has now changed hands again, for roughly $2m less. Clarksons noted in …

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