Single-ship Chinese outfits snap up Nigerian-owned suezmax tanker

A Russia-trading, Nigerian-owned suezmax has turned up in the fleet of a one-ship, Hong Kong-based company.

According to broker reports, the 151,200-dwt Simoon (built 2004) was sold by Olimpex Nigeria to Chinese interests for $26m.

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The sale appears to have happened some time in March.