Portline Bulk International has reportedly sold a trio of supramaxes after prior reports of a deal for the ships never came to fruition.

In September, some brokers claimed that Portline was lining up a sale or the 56,000-dwt Port Hainan, Port Dalian and Port Canton (all built 2012).

Now US brokers are have issued a fresh report of a sale of the Cosco Zhoushan-built trio to a Chinese buyer for $28.5m