Top Ships has shelled out $27m to a company affiliated with CEO Evangelos Pistiolis for a 50% interest in two vessel owning companies that own scrubber-fitted 50,000 dwt eco MR product tankers Eco Yosemite Park and Eco Joshua Park. Pistiolis has also sold the other 50% stake to a subsidiary of...
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Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Uniper Global Commodities for 2005-built panamax bulker . The charter commenced earlier this week, and is though to between October 15 and December 31, 2020. Uniper will pay $4,750 per day for the first 45 days and...
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Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with John Michael Radziwill-led C Transport Maritime (CTM) for the 2009-built capesize bulker . The charter commenced yesterday, and will run through to between July 1, 2021 and September 20, 2021. The charter rate is...
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Okeanis 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...
https://splash247.com/okeanis-eco-tankers-seals-three-year-vlcc-charter/
Greek 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...
https://splash247.com/diana-shipping-fixes-another-bulker-to-cargill/
With 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...
Qingdao 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...
https://splash247.com/chinese-court-to-auction-off-last-remi-maritime-vessel/
Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with John Michael Radziwill led C Transport Maritime for 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...
https://splash247.com/c-transport-maritime-takes-diana-shipping-capesize-on-charter/
Nasdaq-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...
https://splash247.com/castor-maritime-fixes-panamax-bulker-to-comerge-eyes-further-fleet-growth/
Simeon 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...
https://splash247.com/simeon-palios-tests-positive-to-coronavirus/