Greek shipowner Evangelos Marinakis has moved into a joint venture with pools operator Heidmar that sees all 32 of his privately managed tankers enter the operation.
The combination will allow the revitalised Heidmar to control 60 tankers ranging from small chemical carriers to VLCCs with an expansion to six operating pools.
The two companies issued a press release confirming the venture after TradeWinds approached them with questions on Thursday based on rumours circulating in the tanker market.
