Great Eastern takes Ardmore MR – Splash247

Final week, Nice Jap Transport revealed that it had expanded its fleet with an MR product tanker acquisition. Now dealer sources reveal that the ship was purchased from Eire-based tanker agency Ardmore Transport.  

New York-listed Ardmore had earlier put out a press release that it had agreed to dump the 2010-built, 50,000 dwt
Ardmore Seafarer for $27.1m, incomes $10.4 m on the Onomichi Dockyard-built unit because it was picked up for $16.7m in July 2020. 

After the acquisition, the Indian purchaser’s fleet stands at 43 vessels, comprising 28 tankers – six crude carriers, 18 product tankers, 4 LPG carriers – and 14 dry bulk carriers.