The 105,000-dwt Signal Puma (built 2005) has been fixed out until 2020, while the 113,000-dwt Signal Cheetah (built 2009) has gone until March 2018 and the 113,000-dwt Seadelta (built 2009) until January 2018.

The rate has not been disclosed but Oslo-based broker Fearnleys says the one-year rate for aframaxes is $16,000 per day.

All three vessels are already on the position list of Signal, which is headed by former Thenamaris staff, with Ioannis Martinos in charge.

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