US chemical and product tanker player MT Maritime Management has emerged as the taker of a couple of aging 2004-built MR sales concluded at the end of the month.

The growing outfit has added the 51,000 DWT tanker Chase and a sister ship, Lincoln, which has already been renamed, MTM Potomac.

The two ships were sold for just under $11m each by UK outfit, Union Maritime. MT Maritime Management has added a total of four ships in 2019, increasing its fleet to 22 ships.