In a statement confirming the deal Scorpio did not identify the buyer of the seven strong fleet, which TradeWinds reports today to be Peter Georgiopoulos.
Scorpio also kept tight lipped about the sale price of the tankers, which is understood to have set a new precedent for such tonnage.
Talk among shipbrokers yesterday was for a $104m per ship deal and last night that figure had grown to $105m a copy.
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