Pyxis Tankers is aiming to purchase a medium-range tanker from the private interests of its chief executive.

The New York-listed shipowner is targeting the 50,100-dwt Pyxis Lamda (built 2017), a chemical and products tanker that is owned by Valentios Valentis-controlled Ninthone.

No price was given for the SPP-built ship, which VesselsValue says is worth $31.7m.

The ship comes with an attached charter of nearly $13,300 per day until January 2018, according to records with the US Securities & Exchange Commission.