Novoship sells two cargo ships to foreign shipping companies
Novorossiysk Shipping Company (Novoship OJSC, part of Sovcomflot Group) has closed the deals on its two old vessels. The Leonid Sobolev bulker and the Trogir tanker have been sold and delivered to foreign shipping companies on May 31 and June 3, the Novoship press service said. The buyers of the ships were not disclosed.
The 25.860dwt bulk cargo carrier Leonid Sobolev had operated since 1985, immediately after its completion. The 40.730dwt T-series tanker Trogir came off the stocks of the Croatian shipyard ten years later to replenish the Novoship fleet.
The selling of these ships, obsolete and less competitive was due to ever-increasing demands by charterers, port state control authorities and international classification societies, Novoship said.
The company operates currently its fleet comprised of 54 ships of total deadweight of more than 4.5 million tons and a ship average age of about 7 years (two times lower as much as the average world’s rate). Novoship’s fleet upgrade program includes two Suezmax tankers to be delivered by the end of this year and 11 vessels with total deadweight of 850,000 tons.
The 25.860dwt bulk cargo carrier Leonid Sobolev had operated since 1985, immediately after its completion. The 40.730dwt T-series tanker Trogir came off the stocks of the Croatian shipyard ten years later to replenish the Novoship fleet.
The selling of these ships, obsolete and less competitive was due to ever-increasing demands by charterers, port state control authorities and international classification societies, Novoship said.
The company operates currently its fleet comprised of 54 ships of total deadweight of more than 4.5 million tons and a ship average age of about 7 years (two times lower as much as the average world’s rate). Novoship’s fleet upgrade program includes two Suezmax tankers to be delivered by the end of this year and 11 vessels with total deadweight of 850,000 tons.