Market anticipation this week about a supposed second fleet deal in quick succession for Eastern Pacific Shipping appears to have been misplaced.

Talk was rife among both rival owners and brokers that Eastern Pacific was lining up the purchase of a fleet of suezmax tankers to follow the capture of the Blenheim Shipping aframax stable of six.

Diamond S Shipping’s fleet of eight trading suezmaxes and two newbuildings was billed as the most likely target.

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