Nasdaq-listed Knightsbridgeis being linked by numerous brokers to the 179,100-dwt Conches (built 2011).
Sources have placed a valueof between $50m and $51.5m on the ship, which would take the Knightsbridgetrading fleet to five capsizes.
Ola Lorentzon-led Knightsbridge Tankerssold off its last VLCCs in early 2013 as it switched focus to the bulk marketwhere it identified brighter prospects.
It has built up a four-strongcapesize orderbook, with all of those ships set to begin trading next year.
