Topic
Sale and purchase
Every Vessel Hunter story on Sale and purchase: 20 stories, from 7 July 2026 to 8 October 2026. Newest: "Solstad Offshore exercises $125m option to buy CSV Normand Maximus". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
Solstad Offshore exercises $125m option to buy CSV Normand Maximus
Solstad Offshore has declared a $125m purchase option on the 2016-built construction support vessel Normand Maximus, with delivery in October 2027 and debt financing planned.
Lila Global sells 20-year-old VLCC Vadin for $117m, nearly double its price
Lila Global has sold the 2006-built VLCC Vadin, ex-Kasagisan, for $117m, months after buying her from Mitsui OSK Lines for $60.5m.
Akastor sells Skandi Peregrino for $21.6m, leaving DDW Offshore without ships
Akastor's DDW Offshore has delivered the AHTS Skandi Peregrino to Anchor Australia for $21.6m, its last ship, after a $25m sale fell through last year.
Ambassador buys Oceania's Sirena to launch German brand and Semester at Sea ship
Ambassador Cruise Line has bought the 670-guest Sirena from Oceania Cruises. Renamed Ambella, she will launch a German adults-only brand in 2028 and serve as Semester at Sea's campus.
Onex DMCC linked to five VLCC purchases as supertanker values climb
Dubai trading house Onex DMCC is now linked to at least five VLCC purchases, from the record $200m Pinios to the 26-year-old Dennie, as the benchmark Gulf-China rate passed $1m a day.
Pantheon Sells 2011-Built VLCC Sea Leopard for $135m, Above Newbuild Price
Brokers report Pantheon Tankers has sold the 2011-built, 314,000 dwt Sea Leopard for $135m, more than the headline cost of ordering a new VLCC for delivery several years out.
Prompt VLCC Tonnage Now Outprices the Newbuilding Market
Frontline has paid out a special dividend on the sale of two VLCCs at $135m each, while the sale-and-purchase market discusses $200m for a ship available immediately.
MSC Buys Three More Secondhand Boxships After 500-Ship Run
MSC has been linked to three further secondhand containerships, weeks after passing roughly 500 such purchases since August 2020 and with 2.94m TEU still on order.
BULL Adds the Lady of Doria as Its Fourth MR Tanker in Four Months
Buana Lintas Lautan has bought the 20-year-old, 46,000 dwt MR2 Lady of Doria, its fourth MR purchase in as many months and the exit from shipping of Bangladesh's Doria Shipping.
Minerva Marine Sells Two 2006-Built Ice-Class Tankers to Chinese Buyers
The Greek owner is selling the ice class 1A aframax Minerva Nounou for more than $40m and the MR Minerva Xanthe for around $16m, both to Chinese buyers.
Tsakos Releases More Than $100m by Selling Two 2006-Built Suezmaxes
Tsakos Energy Navigation is selling another two ageing suezmaxes, releasing more than $100m into cash reserves as younger tonnage arrives from a 26-vessel newbuilding programme.
Sinokor Buys 73 VLCCs for $6bn and Becomes the Largest Tanker Operator
The South Korean owner has spent as much on secondhand crude carriers in 2026 as the next eight largest tanker buyers combined.
Cetus Maritime in Talks for 13 Seacon Ships Ahead of a Planned IPO
Hong Kong bulker owner Cetus Maritime is negotiating to take interests in 13 vessels from Hong Kong-listed Seacon Shipping in a cash-and-shares deal tied to its planned overseas listing.
Mercuria's Capesize Buying Spree Approaches 1.5 Million DWT
Mercuria's secondhand capesize buying is nearing 1.5m dwt after the purchase of the 180,000 dwt Mount Dampier for around $38 million.
Hafnia Exits Andromeda Joint Venture with $13.3 Million Gain
Hafnia has sold its 50 percent interest in H&A Shipping, the joint venture with Monaco-based Andromeda Shipping, booking a $13.3 million profit.
NCLH Moves Five Ships Out as a $20 Billion Orderbook Builds
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is running the industry's only active fleet optimization programme, with five ships leaving between 2026 and 2028 and 16 on order to 2037.
Four-Year-Old Capesize Bulker Sells For Seventy-Eight Million
A capesize bulk carrier built in 2022 has been sold for around seventy-eight million dollars in what brokers describe as an exceptionally rare transaction, as a large Japanese private owner trims a fleet of some twenty vessels in the
Norwegian Owner Sells Two Suezmax Tankers And Prepares Newbuildings
A Norwegian tanker owner has agreed to sell two Suezmax tankers built in 2004 and 2005 for a combined fifty million dollars, expecting a book profit of about fourteen million, and has reached a preliminary agreement for two
Zodiac Maritime lands record price in first capesize sale of the year
Zodiac Maritime has sold the capesize bulk carrier Cape Condor for around 39 million dollars, a figure brokers describe as a record for a vessel of her age and the London-based owner's first capesize disposal of the year.
Indonesian owners give older LNG carriers a second life
Indonesian owners are continuing to buy up older large LNG carriers, giving laid-up ships a second life just as segment values slide. About a month ago brokers flagged MISC's sale of the 158,000 cu m sisters Seri Balhaf…
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