The company has offloaded the 70 tonne bollard pull (tbp)anchor handler Captain FM Juvale (built 1985) to an unnamed buyer, it announcedtoday.

SCI gave no further details of the sale but the move confirms a TradeWindsstory in May that the company was targeting the sale of two of its oldestoffshore vessels as part of its fleet renewal.

The other is the 70-tbp Feroze Gandhi (built 1984) thoughthe sale has yet to be confirmed.