Rio Tinto offloads final newcastlemax pair to Yasa

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Rio Tinto has offloaded the final two ships from its eight-strong owned newcastlemax fleet, with Turkey’s Yasa Shipping taking the 2013-built RTM Drake and RTM Tasman. Yasa’s own fleet records now list the ships as the 205,437 dwt Yasa Drake and 205,432 dwt Yasa Pioneer, respectively. Both were built by Hanjin Heavy Industries and have …

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