Maersk Product Tankers has refined its fleet disposal strategy after abandoning a mass sell-off of up to 30 MR and LR vessels.

Multiple commercial and financial sources told TradeWinds that the privately owned Danish-Japanese company has followed shipbroker advice to consider piecemeal marketing of tonnage.

The effort will start with nine coated and chemical product carriers of around 38,000 dwt built between 2004 and 2012 at Guangzhou Shipyard International.