Greek owner Laskaridis Shipping has been identified as the buyer of an abandoned platform supply vessel (PSV), marking its entry into the recovering offshore shipping sector.
The 4,500-dwt Malaviya Twenty (built 2004) spent more than two years in Great Yarmouth, UK, after its Indian owner GOL Offshore collapsed.
It was auctioned by the UK Admiralty Marshal last month for $1.076m and has now left the port.
VesselsValue lists the ship as having changed its name to Typhoon under Laskaridis' ownership, with a current value of $1.82m.
The BBC also reported the information.
Heading to Spain
The Greek company is better known as an owner of bulkers, reefers and tankers.
AIS data shows Typhoon underway to Santander in Spain, for arrival on 26 October.
The ship was held in June 2016 over unpaid port fees and crew wages.
The original crew has now returned home after repairs were carried out.
The order priority of claims will not be decided until 60 days after the sale, however.
The captain of the vessel hit the headlines earlier this summer during his long ordeal at the port.
He and three others were owed $65,000.
Laskaridis has been contacted for comment.
