South Korea’s Sinokor Merchant Marine has invited demolition offers on a 40-year-old, laid-up LNG carrier.

Brokers said the shipowner asked for bids to be submitted today on the 126,911-cbm Adriatic Energy (ex-Echigo Maru, built 1983).

Those following the vessel said Sinokor previously offered the vessel, which is of around 30,000 ldt, for recycling and received bids of around $27m on the ship.