Danish shipping giant Norden is expanding its fleet of kamsarmax bulkers with the purchase of two ships from Mitsui & Co of Japan.

Brokers in Europe and in the US said the Danish company has purchased the 82,000-dwt UWS 2 and UWS 3 (both built 2020).

The ships, which were built at China's Jiangsu Yangzi Mitsui Shipbuilding, have achieved a price of $27.2m