Norway's SolstadFarstad has offloaded three laid-up anchor-handlers to the Brazilian navy.

The offshore shipping giant said the 94-bp Sea Fox and the 80-bp Sea Vixen and Sea Stoat (all built 2011) were sold in an auction for BRL 82.8m ($24m).

CEO Lars Peder Solstad told TradeWinds: "The vessels were idle, so for us it was a good thing. We took part and we had the winning offer."