Greece’s Diligent Holdings has sold all of its Imabari 28 bulk carriers in a series of off-market transactions with a view to moving into larger, index-linked sizes whilst continuing to reduce the average age of the fleet to below 11 years old, reports Splash247.
Sale of Imabari 28 bulk carriers
The family-led business confirmed the sales of five Imabari 28s this year: Nordic Bulker 2 (2002) in March at $5.8m, Geki Star (2008) in July at $10.55m, Aroma 2 (2009) in August at $11.4m, Paloma (2010) in August at $13m and Magnolia (2010) in September at $13.5m.
These bulkers, all originally acquired between 2012 and 2015, were bought collectively by Diligent at under half the sum of their recent sales. Each of the handysize bulkers was sold by Hull Search International of London, Diligent’s now exclusive brokers.
“Regardless of what the market has done, it is time for us to move into larger sizes, to cater for the growing needs of the business. These small Japanese handies have been fantastic workhorses for us but we now wish to move with the times into index-linked tonnages only, which our chartering clients both prefer and pay premiums for,” a spokesperson for the company told Splash.
Diligent is now fixing with charterers such as Norden, Cargill and Bunge. Diligent is understood to be looking at Japanese-built tonnage in the 38,000, 58,0000 and 63,000 dwt range, as well as investigating the kamsarmax market.
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Source: Splash247
