Performance Shipping Adds Aframax Tanker

The global provider of shipping transportation services through its ownership of vessels, Performance Shipping has announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has taken delivery of the m/t Briolette (formerly Maersk Jamnagar).

The containerships and tanker vessels said in a press releases that it had entered into an agreement to purchase the 2011-built Aframax tanker vessel of 104,588 dwt in June 2019.
 
Including the newly delivered m/t Briolette, Performance Shipping Inc.’s fleet currently consists of 2 container vessels (1 Post-Panamax and 1 Panamax) and 2 Aframax tanker vessels.

The Greece-headquartered also expects to take delivery of one additional Aframax tanker vessel by the end of January 2020. Its vessels are employed primarily on time charters with leading charterers.