BULKERs

Transmed Shipping of Greece has bought three kamsarmax bulkers from Nisshin Shipping of Japan. It paid $16.75m for the Hyundai Samho-built, 83,000-dwt Mangan Trader 1, Mangan Trader 2 and Mangan Trader 3 (all built 2013). Nisshin bought them at the end of 2012 for $25m each.

China Navigation is said to have purchased three handysize bulker newbuildings, originally ordered by FH Bertling, but sold by the builder, Huanghai Shipbuilding.