Scorpio Bulkers divests another newbuilding

Scorpio Bulkers is now divesting yet another of the carrier's many newbuildings. The company has now sold seven ships within a week.

BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

US-based Scorpio Bulkers is working to improve the carrier's liquidity and is thus divesting several newbuilding contracts. on Friday the company announced in a statement to the New York Stock Exchange that it had made a deal to sell a Kamsarmax newbuilding for around USD 30.7 million. The ship is under construction at Tsuneishi Group (Zhoushan) Shipbuilding Inc and is expected delivered in the 3rd quarter next year.

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