Zodiac Maritime is reported to have achieved a firm charter rate for one of its 13 aframax tankers.
The 115,100-dwt Libra Sun (built 2010) has been chartered for a year by US-based Mjolner Shipping. European brokers said the Eyal Ofer-controlled tanker is set to earn $22,500 per day.
Oslo-based broker Fearnleys said the current benchmark one-year rate for aframaxes is $19,000 per day.
