Greece's Top Ships has taken a stake in an MR tanker newbuilding ordered by the family of its CEO Evangelos Pistiolis.

The company said it had bought 40% of a company Eco Seven from Malibu Shipmanagement, owned by a Pistiolis family trust.

The deal cost it $6.5m.

Eco Seven is a party to a shipbuilding contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Korea for one 50,000-dwt product/chemical tanker, expected to be delivered at the end of this month.

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