Centre of the gossip was the 305,700-dwt Astro Chorus (built 2001), which multiple broking sources believed to be in the process of being sold to a storage buyer.
A figure of $25m was being placed on a pending transaction, with a company from Russia believed to be the other partyinvolved.
Representatives of the tanker’s manager, Pantheon, told TradeWinds the ship had not been sold.
