A sale-and-purchase deal that set brokers’ pulses racing late last week was confirmed on Wednesday, setting a new price level for secondhand product tankers.

A manager at Athens-based Naftomar Shipping & Trading confirmed that his company has acquired the 74,600-dwt Siena and its sister ship Aesop (both built 2012).

The pair, built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, will henceforth trade as Northern Light and Silverlight respectively.