The widely reported sale of a Polyar tanker to Brightoil Petroleum is being denied by the Chinese bunker supplier.
Broking reports claimed Greek owner Polys Haji-Ioannou had sold one of two remaining ships it had ordered at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding.
The owner has previously sold five of seven 107,000-dwt sisterships at the Japanese yard.
Brightoil was widely tipped as the buyer as the Guangdong-based owner previously bought two vessels from Polyar.