ESL plugs bulker capacity gap with secondhand buy ahead of newbuild arrivals

ESL Shipping has moved to shore up its fleet, picking up a secondhand bulker to keep capacity steady while it waits for newbuildings to arrive. The Baltic dry bulk specialist, part of Finnish conglomerate Aspo, has acquired a geared ice-class 1A 16,600 DWT vessel, following the recent sale of the 21,353 dwt handysize bulker Kallio …