A new shipowning venture backed by former Torm boss Klaus Kjaerulff and staffed by veteran sale-and-purchase (S&P) broker Jan Lund has wasted no time in securing its first deals.

Vincent Shipping, which is chaired by Kjaerulff, has snapped up three supramax bulkers in off-market deals.

One of them is the IHI-built, 55,700-dwt Union Dede (built 2011), which the fledgling company picked off for $13.2m.