Parakou Tankers nets $15.5m from ship sale

Parakou Tankers’ 51,200-dwt PTI Volans (ex-Pretty Jewelry, built 2006) is said to have secured $15.5m in a sale to unidentified parties last week. The ship was one of a series built at STX Jinhae in 2006 and 2007.

In May, Parakou Tankers sold the sistership Pretty World (built 2007) for a reported $16.2m with survey due and, last December, it sold the St Johannis and St Marien (both built 2007) to South Korea’s Glovis, with charters attached, for a reported $17.3m