Ridgebury Tankers’ effort to offload a fleet of 15 crude and products tankers has been met with limited response at a time of stalemate between buyers and sellers.

Bob Burke-led Ridgebury invited offers for seven suezmaxes, six medium-range (MR) products tankers and two aframaxes in October but the chief executive’s inbox has not been inundated with firm offers to take the fleet en bloc.