DHT Holdings has become a pure-play on the VLCC market with the sale of its two aframax tankers and is boosting its investment in scrubbers at a time it is enjoying a seasonal upswing in the market.

Two of the tankers to be fitted with the exhaust cleaning technology have been locked into three to four year time charters with profit shares, while the company’s 27 VLCCs are now all on the water after the delivery of the 320,000-dwt DHT Mustang.