Sophocles Zoullas’ Zenith Shipping Group has emerged as the seller behind a number of profitable bulker deals.

The New York owner has offloaded four supramaxes in recent months for $37.6m above their purchase price.

Deals include the sale of the 56,900-dwt supramax Antero (built 2011), which has gone to Bangladeshi interests for $17.7m,