Market sources tell TradeWinds that George Economou’s private shipping interests have committed another tanker to Heidmar’s VLCC pool.

The enrolment of the 301,200-dwt Universal Brave(built 1997) in Seawolf Tankers follows the recent addition of a sistership, the Universal Prime, to the same stable.

Several industry observers have billed the freshly-minted tonnage commitments as a “well timed endorsement” from one of the shipping industry’s brightest stars.

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