Capital Product Partners will acquire from its parent sponsor an ice-class aframax currently under charter to refinining giant Andeavor.

The partnership's board of directors approved the acquistion of the 112,800-dwt Aristaios' (built 2017) for $52.5m from Capital Maritime & Trading.

The Aristaios is an eco-type, Ice Class 1C aframax. It is chartered for another four years to Tesoro Far East Maritime at a gross daily rate of $26,400.