Thanks for the info Ian.
Cheers,
Roy

To add to my earlier comment the 11 BP Tankers are 3 Century Class Suezmax Tankers, 5 Cloud Class Crude Oil Product Tankers, 3 Mariner Class Medium Range Tankers.

A press release from Maersk Tankers concerning the 11 BP Tankers.

"Maersk Tankers is set to add 11 tanker vessels to the fleet under its management, following an agreement with BP Shipping (BP) and ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd (ICBC). Under the terms of the agreement, Maersk Tankers will take each vessel from the owner under a bareboat charter arrangement, which it will then hire out to BP under a time charter deal for a period of three years. Therefore, Maersk Tankers will assume full responsibility for operational risks and the technical management of the vessels."

Interesting, as only three years into a 10-year lease from ICBC Leasing (China). The address of the individual leasing joint venture, Hai Kuo Shipping 1518 Ltd, is still listed as c/o BP on Equasis, and I would have expected that to change to c/o Maersk if the beneficial ownership had changed. Or that could be just be an info time lag.

Martin, sale and recharter?

Hi Roy. I was surprised to see such a new BP change to Maersk. best rgds Martin

Many thanks Martin for bringing this one under my attention, I have missed this one completely so far.
Cheers,
Roy