Polemis’s New Shipping has taken the 280,000-dwt Takasuzu (built 2000) from NYK Line of Japan, sources say.

A price of between $26.5m and $27m has been placed on the vessel, which was built at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Polemis has five VLCCs in his trading fleet and is awaiting the delivery of the 298,600 GC Haikou (built 2000). He bought the tanker in January for around $30m.