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Exodus continues


Dunya Denizcilik of Turkey continues its mass sale of tankers.

Brokers say the ice-class 16,900-dwt Gan-Sword and Gan-Ocean (both built 2007) have been sold to a Scandinavian, possibly Norwegian, buyer.

The Turkish-built ships have gone for $18.5m each, brokers say.

Dunya sold as many as seven tankers in January.

Published: 11:44 GMT, 05 Feb 10 | updated: 11:44 GMT, 05 Feb 10
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