The has 523,178-cbf Ecuador Star(built 1992) has gone to an unnamed buyer for $4.25m.

But the company will book a net loss of $1.1m on the deal.

In July 2013, SSI said it was investigating how an officer suffered fatal injuries on the vessel in St Petersburg.

The reefer was also involved in a collision with a Wagenborg ship last May while at anchor in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

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