After a lull of a few weeks, Greek buying of MR tankers has resumed with Falcon Navigation and Vienna Ltd linked to two separate deals for such vessels.

The transactions demonstrate that last year's strong appetite in the country for secondhand MRs among domestic shipowners continues into this year, even though not quite at the same pace.

MR product tankers accounted for nearly half of all tankers acquired by Greeks in confirmed 2019 transactions, according to data compiled by TradeWinds.