The VLCC Sea Leopard sold for $135m during a week of firm tanker sale-and-purchase activity, Hellenic Shipping News reported, citing shipbroker Xclusiv. The 314,000-dwt vessel, built at Daewoo in 2011, was among the transactions reported across the tanker market, with deals also covering Suezmax, Aframax and smaller vessels.
In the Suezmax segment, the 159,000-dwt Montestena, built by Samsung Heavy in 2012, changed ownership for $87m. Greek buyers purchased the 151,000-dwt Graff, built at NKK in 2001, for more than $45m. Further down the size range, the 105,000-dwt Aframax Vienna Wood, a 2010 Sumitomo-built vessel, secured a price of $49.4m, according to the broker’s account carried by Hellenic Shipping News.
Product tanker transactions included the LR1 sister ships Marlin Hestia and Marlin Hera, both 74,000-dwt vessels built at Sungdong in 2017. Each fetched $49m. In the MR segment, the 50,000-dwt Ardmore Endeavour, built at STX in 2013, sold for $34.5m, while the similarly sized Dylan, built at Guangzhou in 2009, changed hands for $19.5m. French buyers acquired the 13,000-dwt BS Haiphong, built at Pha Rung in 2024, for $29m.
Xclusiv also reported dry bulk transactions across all major size categories. The Newcastlemax vessels Houheng 6 and Houheng 5, both listed at 262,000 dwt and built in 2017, each sold for more than $70m. The 174,000-dwt Capesize Highland, built at SWS in 2006, fetched more than $25m. The Kamsarmax Bora sold for around $22m, while the Panamax King Loong achieved $13m on the basis of completed surveys.
Among smaller bulk carriers, the Ultramax Aeriko changed hands for $24m and the Supramax Vela fetched a price in the high-$10m range. Handysize deals included the 40,000-dwt Sider Bellezza, listed with a 2026 build year at Naikai Zosen, at $38.5m, and the 33,000-dwt Crimson Wyoming, built at Kanda in 2015, in the low-$18m range.