Among the manybeneficiaries of renewed optimism are sale-and-purchase brokers who say buyersare feeling especially bullish because commercial lenders are starting toemerge from hibernation.
In a weeklymarket update, Lion Shipbroker of Greece pointed out that 20 potential buyersinspected the 75,000-dwt Carol (built 1999) when it first hit the market andten checked out the 46,600-dwt Amorita (built 1999) before it was committed toan Athens-based owner.
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