Korea Line Corp (KLC) and JP Morgan Global Maritime are reported to have emerged victorious in the battle to buy three ex-Hanjin capesizes.

KLC, the dry bulk arm of the Samra Midas Group (SM Group), is said to have secured an en bloc deal for two of the ships.

It paid $26.5m each for the 179,300-dwt Hanjin Dangjin and Hanjin Rizhao (both built 2010), according to online valuations site VesselsValue.

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