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of Friend International Shipping it sells two tankers MR
Constructed in 1999, will be yielded to a price of 12,2 million dollars each
May 20, 2013
of Friend International Shipping (DIS) it has announced the sale, through operating controlled own of Friend Tankers Limited (Ireland), of the tankers MR to double hull High Spirit and High Challenge constructed in 1999 from South Korean yards STX to a price of 12,2 million dollars each. DIS has announced that such sales will generate in according to trimester a 2013 capital gain of about 10,2 million dollars.
"With the sale of the ships High Spirit and High Challenge - the managing director has commented of Friend International Shipping, Marco Fiori - DIS under construction continues in its strategy of renewal of the fleet confirmed also from the recent orders of new ships ECHO and from the precedence sale of the ships Sky of London and High Wind. Last the two sold ships were oldest of our fleet. This new operation confirmation, once again, as our society is from always player in the market of the sale of able tankers and to acquire and to sell asset in the more opportune moment and to the more competitive price. The interesting price that we have once negotiates confirmation more our conviction that the market of the tankers is in strong increase as these two ships are sold to the same price agreed for the sale of the High Wind although they were a year older".
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