Greek tanker operator Estoril Navigation has broken a five-year hiatus on the sal-and-purchase front by adding to its fleet a former Xihe Holdings LR2 aframax tanker that went under the hammer at the end of June.

The Alex Karidopoulos-led company confirmed to TradeWinds that it took delivery of the 108,900-dwt Ocean Pegasus (built 2009) in Singapore on 15 July, at which time the vessel was renamed Blue Intergrity.