Meadway Shipping & Trading is making its first move in the sale-and-purchase market for two years.

The Greek shipowner has reportedly sold the Chinese-built 53,000-dwt supramax bulker Delfa (built 2005) for $7.7m to a Vietnamese buyer.

However, Meadway did not reply to requests for comment on reports of the sale.

The Delaportas family company bought the Sinopacific Dayang-built vessel from Soechi Lines of Indonesia for $25m in November 2010, with a charter at $16,500 per day attached.