Milan-listedDIS is paying $30m for each of the MR duo at Hyundai Mipo which are linked to acontract signed in March last year.

One of theeco newbuildings, hull S410, has been sold on to Hudson Partners, led by former SSY manTom Blair,at a gain of $150,000, a statement explains.

Marco Fiori, CEO of DIS, which has nowinvested a quarter of a billion dollars in eco tankers, said: “We see a growing interest from private equity and capital marketsfunds in investing in the growing product tanker industry and DIS wants toposition itself as a leading provider of the best shipping commercial andtechnical know-how towards these assets investors.

“This