Greece's Brave Maritime is emerging with yet another tanker purchase that pushes its total expansion bill for 2021 towards the $400m mark.

Ship-management sources in Athens identify the private shipping arm of the Vafias family as the player behind the recent acquisition of the 50,300-dwt Ocean Cosmos (built 2008).

TradeWinds reported in late November that the South Korean-built MR2 tanker fetched $10.7m