The triumph of FC Bayern, Europe’s new football champions, earlier this week must have been a delight to the unknown shipowner who has a knack for naming some of his ships after the German squad.

FC Bayern Shipping, a Marshall Islands-based entity, has been the registered owner of the 26,400-dwt handysize bulker Bayern S (built 1994) since 2016.

The same interests behind the Bayern S paid about $4.4m