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DIS sells product tanker a MR of 48.700 tpl for 14,2 million dollars
the company will maintain the control commercial of the ship, that it is constructed in 2006
October 9, 2017
The company of Friend Tankers D.A.C. (Ireland), that it is controlled by of Friend International Shipping (DIS) in its turn controlled from of Friendly Society of Navigation, has signed an agreement for the sale of product tanker the High Prosperity, ship medium range of gross capacity pairs to 48.700 tons and constructed in 2006 from the Japanese Imabari Shipbuilding Co., for one fee pairs to 14,245 million dollars.
As a result of this operation of Tankers Friend will maintain the commercial control of the ship having concluded with the purchaser a Time contract charter of the duration six years.
The company has explained that this agreement allows with of Tankers Friend clearly generating a case effect pairs to about 6,9 million dollars contributing therefore to the strengthening of the position of liquidity of DIS in sight of the completion of own program of renewal of the fleet.
Today the DIS fleet comprises 55,5 tankers (MR and handysize product tanker) of medium age 7,7-year-old (of which 26 ships of property, 26,5 ships in Time charter-in and three bare boat ship rental). Moreover of Tankers Friend it has in course contracted with the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. South Korean for the construction of six new tankers LR1 (Long Range) with delivery previewed between the fourth trimester of the 2017 and end of 2018.
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