US-listed Top Ships has agreed to sell a pair of modern MR2 tankers in a deal highlighting persistent interest in such vessels, despite the blues in the oil carrier market.

According to market sources and broker reports in Greece and the US, Top Ships is in the process of disposing of the 50,200-dwt MR sisterships Eco Los Angeles and Eco City of Angels (both built 2020) at a price of $36.5m