Costamare Bulkers has signed a big-ticket deal to charter in six newcastlemaxes from RWE Supply & Trading for long-term periods.

Market sources told TradeWinds the vessels are all fitted with scrubbers and have been chartered for three to four years in an en-bloc deal.

The Chinese-built vessels are the 211,000-dwt Shandong Happiness, Shandong Innovation, Shandong Mightiness and Shandong Prosperity, 210,800-dwt Shandong Mission (all built 2021) and 210,900-dwt Shandong Renaissance (built 2022).