The ship was taken off the website of Heidmar’s VLCC pool Seawolf earlier this week. It had been with Seawolf’s fleet since late 2012, according to online shipping registers.

The ship is understood to be operating in the spot market now, according to reliable market sources.

The Solana was one of the ships in Economou’s private fleet that Tankships Investment Holding, a planned spin-off of his public company DryShips, would have an option to buy if its initial public offering (IPO) had gone ahead.