On Friday a number of sale-and-purchase brokers told clients that Geden Lines had parted ways with the 156,600-dwt Profit (built 2009) and Reef (built 2010).

Seasure Shipbroking of the UK published a report in which it claimed Norwegian buyers purchased the duo for approximately $102m in total.

When contacted by TradeWinds the chief executive of Geden Lines, Tugrul Tokgoz, dismissed this rumour as untrue but declined to elaborate further.

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