US-listed tanker player Performance Shipping announced on 11 November the acquisition of its fifth aframax.

The Athens-based company said it agreed to purchase the 105,400-dwt Kalamas (built 2011), a vessel built at Sumitomo Heavy Industries of Japan, for $22m.

“The vessel completed its docking survey in July 2020 and its special survey in October 2020,” said Performance Shipping, adding that the Kalamas has a ballast water treatment system installed.