Premuda has denied reports that it has sold its suexmax tanker to a Turkish shipowner.

Brokers are reporting the Italian owner to have sold the 60,000-dwt Four Smile (built 2001) to Karadeniz Holding for $11.5m.

Premuda chief executive Marco Fiori tells TradeWinds the ship the information is inaccurate,

“We are still evaluating what to do.