Bulker owner-operator Thoresen picked up a second-hand supramax at a price down the middle of recent transactions in the asset class.

The Bangkok-listed owner says its Singapore subsidiary is buying the 58,700-dwt Thor Caliber (built 2008) for $14m.

The seller was not disclosed. But the Tsuneishi Zhoushan-built ship, formerly named Albion, is listed owned by UK-based Union Maritime. Vesselsvalue put a $13.6m