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        总部设在丹麦的船东Nordic Shipholding公司在未能找到合并伙伴后，出售了其剩余的三艘船舶。

 

        自2020年11月以来，该公司与其潜在的合并伙伴和债权人展开了广泛讨论，商讨如何能确保其长期生存的能力。

 

        然而，这种合并谈判已经陷入僵局，公司管理层已经同意按照与债权人商定的协议出售这些船只。

 

        该公司表示：“鉴于这些船舶买卖市场的波动性，集团可能会在本财政年度确认进一步减记这些船舶的账面价值，其削减范围在400万至500万美元。”

 

        此外，该公司期望各利益相关方为该业务提供资金，以确保其出售船舶计划能够顺利进行。

 

        Nordic Shipholding公司于2020年8月透露，受到新冠疫情（COVID-19）大流行的影响，其与一家身份不明的油轮公司进行可能合并的商讨已经推迟了。

 

        在哥本哈根（Copenhagen）上市的Nordic Shipholding公司拥有五艘成品油轮、四艘灵便型油轮和一艘LR1型船舶。

 

        灵便型油轮受雇于Hafnia 的灵便型船队，LR1型船受雇于Hafnia的 LR1型船队（即以前的Straits船队），两者都由哥本哈根的Hafnia公司经营。

 

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Nordic Shipholding sells tanker fleet amid volatile market

 

Denmark-based shipowner Nordic Shipholding has put the company’s three remaining vessels up for sale after failing to find a merger partner.

 

Since November 2020, the firm has held extensive discussions with potential merger partners and lenders in order to secure long-term viability.

 

However, such merger talks have been stalled and the company’s management has agreed to sell the vessels in accordance with the agreement with the lenders.

 

“Given the volatility in the sale and purchase market for these vessels, it is probable the Group may recognise a further write-down of the vessels’ carrying value in the range of US$4 – US$5 million in this financial year,” the company stated.

 

Furthermore, the company expects that various stakeholders will finance the business to secure that the plans of selling the vessels run without problems.

 

In August 2020, Nordic Shipholding revealed that the discussions on a potential merger with an unidentified tanker firm have been delayed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Copenhagen-listed Nordic Shipholding owns five product tanker vessels, four handysize tankers and one LR1.

 

The handysize tankers are employed in the Hafnia handy pool, and the LR1 unit in the Hafnia LR1 pool (formerly Straits pool), both operated by Hafnia, Copenhagen.