Sale-and-purchase (S&P) activity for tankers remained sluggish, with just a couple of deals reported.

Clarksons says it is symptomatic of the poor state of the market that only a couple of buyers showed up to inspect the 104,900-dwt aframax Neptune Voyager (built 2003).

Clients of Greece’s Spring Marine Management ultimately picked up the ship for $10.2m, TradeWinds is told. That is well below the $10.9m