Shipowners are retaining an appetite for newcastlemax bulkers, with another vessel changing hands in the secondhand market at a strong price.

Multiple brokers reported that the 205,100-dwt Mineral Cloudbreak (built 2012) was sold to unnamed Chinese interests for $38.5m.

The seller is reported as Hong Kong-registered Anchor Trans and the vessel has been under the commercial management of Belgium’s Bocimar for several years, according to shipping databases.