US shipowner Ridgebury Tankers looks to be exiting the VLCC sector with two more big tanker sales.

European shipbrokers reported an en-bloc sale agreed for the 307,000-dwt Chinese-built Neptun and Nucleus (both built 2007) at prices varying between $30.8m and $31.5m each.

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VesselsValue has a valuation of about $35.5m