Ridgebury Tankers has continued pruning its fleet with the sale of a 16-year-old suezmax.

It has sold the 146,500-dwt Ridgebury Mary Selena (built 2006) to Westport Tankers of Greece for $31m, according to a market source who was able to confirm the deal.

The tanker is the sixth to be sold by Ridgebury in the past three months, following the disposal of three 2009-built MRs earlier this month and both of its VLCCs in June.