Horizon Tankers has capitalised on the rising tanker market by selling two 16-year-old aframaxes.

US brokers said the Greek shipowner has offloaded the Hyundai Heavy Industries-built, 115,000-dwt Gardenia (built 2003) to a South East Asian buyer for $13.2m, while the Samsung Heavy industries-built, 104,000-dwt Voyager C (built 2003) has gone for $13.25m.

Anthony Comninos-led Horizon did not respond to a request for comment.