South African auctioneers Solution Strategists will again try to sell an arrested multipurpose (MPP) vessel after the last attempt failed.

The 8,200-dwt Ekarma (built 2011) will be sold via an online auction hosted by MS Teams at 11am local time (0900 GMT) on 27 August.

TradeWinds understands the buyer who submitted the winning $2.3m bid at an auction held on 13 August failed to follow up with a payment.