Load Line Marine continues to be active in the sale-and-purchase market, with a 17-year-old supramax reported to be its latest bulker sold.

US brokers said the Greek company has sold the 52,400-dwt Top Trader (built 2001) for $9m to an undisclosed buyer, thought to be Chinese.

The price for the Tsuneishi-built vessel is believed to be quite firm, given that it is due for dry-docking in August.