Danish owner Celsius Shipping has expanded its core stainless-steel chemical tanker fleet by splashing out close to $45m on two eight-year-old secondhand vessels — and it has ambitions to further its recent moves on acquiring bulker tonnage.

Celsius chief executive Jeppe Jensen confirms the company has purchased the Shin Kurushima-built, 20,800-dwt Mid Fighter (built 2008) from Norway’s Hansa Tankers and its investment partners.

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