Besiktas Eyes Quick Profit After Reselling MR Tanker at Higher Price

Turkish shipowner Besiktas is once again attracting attention in the tanker market after what brokers are describing as a highly successful short-term asset play involving an MR product tanker.  According to market sources, the company is selling the 50,000 dwt tanker Antalya for around $40 million. The vessel, built in 2016 at South Korea’s SPP Shipbuilding yard, was purchased by Besiktas only last October for approximately $33 million, when it was still trading under the name PTI Nile.  The...

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Filipino Seafarer Charged After $6.4 Million Cocaine Seizure on US-Bound Tanker

US authorities have seized approximately 227 kilograms of cocaine valued at an estimated $6.4 million from an aframax crude tanker arriving in Southern California, with a Filipino crew member now facing federal drug charges in connection with the case.  The operation was carried out jointly by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the US Coast Guard after the tanker Aquatravesia arrived at the ports...

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