Seacon snaps up fresh tanker in $19.6m deal

Hong Kong-listed Seacon Shipping has struck a $19.6m deal for a newly built oil and chemical tanker, adding to its fleet amid reports of a four-vessel MR tanker disposal. The Qingdao-based owner’s Singapore subsidiary has agreed to acquire the 4,981 gt Jia Yue Ming Zhu, which was built in October this year and will be delivered in December.