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Rio Tinto sell-down spreads to post-panamaxes
Rio Tinto is reported to have sold two 2013-built post-panamax bulkers en bloc for $42.8m, extending its owned-vessel sell-down beyond the newcastlemax fleet cleared this year.
Broker reports list the 89,892 dwt RTM Dias and RTM Flinders as sold, both built by Namura in Japan in 2013, at $21.4m each. The pair is reported sold en bloc for $42.8m.
The report links the sale to Rio Tinto’s wider owned-vessel sell-down, extending beyond the newcastlemax fleet cleared this year. No buyer was identified in the supplied material.
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