Upon the departure of the 298,600-dwt GC Haikou (built 2000), which appears to mark the end of its owner’s participation in the alliance, the VLCC specialist will be left with a fleet of 35 tankers, data shows.

The ship, which appeared on TI’s fleet summary at the start of November, was one of four vessels that GC Tankers (GC) enrolled in the pool shortly after setting up shop in Singapore with the support of Grand China Logistics and at least three other independent backers in 2009.

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