Awilco LNG has braced investors for a loss on the sale of two laid-up vessels.

Oslo-listed Awilco announced in the June the 125,556-cbm WilEnergy (built 1983) and 125,631-cbm WilGas (built 1984) were being sold.

Today it said the transaction had been completed and would bring a loss of $6.6m to the company’s 2016 balance sheet.

The vessels have both been in lay-up for several months prior to their sale and are thought to have been scrapped.

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