Navios Maritime Acquisition has added a secondhand VLCC to its fleet in a $35.4m deal.

New York-listed Navios purchased the 298,717-dwt Nave Celeste (built 2003), a statement said.

While Navios does not identify the South Korean-built vessel by its former name, it appears to confirm our report that the company is the buyer of the 299,000-dwt BW Luck.

TradeWinds reported in early July that Navios Acquisition was thought to have paid $35.3m