Navios adds $215m tanker trio to newbuild pipeline

Angeliki Frangou’s Navios Maritime Partners has revealed another $215.2m in tanker newbuilding acquisitions, adding a VLCC and two MR product carriers to its expanding fleet investment programme. The New York-listed Greek owner disclosed the three-vessel package in its third-quarter results, confirming a $124m agreement for a scrubber-fitted VLCC reached in October and a $91.2m deal for two MRs.