Marketsources say US-listed Diana purchased the 82,200-dwt Stefania Lembo(built2010) at auction for approximately $22.7m.
TheVesselsValue.com database and a leading US sale-and-purchase broker believe theprice represents a discount of nearly $3.0m when compared to what otherTsuneishi-built bulkers might fetch in today’s market.
As TradeWinds has reportedthe Stefania Lembo is one of 12 bulkers that were sent to the auction block byadministrators overseeing the liquidation of DeiulemarShipping, which filed for administration in October 2012 with debts of morethan EUR 500m ($647m).
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