As many as six tankers in the fleet of Venezuela’s PDV Marina appear to have been sold for demolition in a rare en-bloc deal.

The 1980s-built vessels have been sold at auction, which indicates PDV Marina had nothing to do with the sale.

The sextet are understood to have gone for just $136 per ldt, or $10m en bloc.

They include the 88,000-dwt Morichal (built 1984) and Leander (built 1983), plus the 55,000-dwt Moruy and Paria (both built 1983).

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