Safe Bulkers has bought yet another capesize bulker on the secondhand market this year, in the hope to boost earnings amid what it expects to remain a profitable market.

The owner of 40 vessels announced late on Tuesday agreed to spend $30m to buy a 181,000-dwt capesize built in China in 2012.

Safe Bulkers didn’t identify the ship, but its description matches Cara Shipping’s 181,000-dwt Stella Anita (built 2012), which TradeWinds reported