Aviso Shipping has opened the bidding for a tanker it wants to sell for scrap.

The company is offering the 9,100-dwt double-hulled Clear Aurora (built 1982).

Bids must be in by 20 May.

Clarksons lists the ship in the fleet of Artemiz Marine Services of Dubai in the UAE.

The tanker is being sold for scrap delivery in the Persian Gulf.