Polforce Shipping is eyeing the sale of two bulkers in its four-­vessel fleet but denies market reports that it has already agreed to shed one of them.

US brokers reported recently that the Greek shipowner had sold the 50,300-dwt Aliki P (built 2001) to an undisclosed buyer for $9.3m.

However, director Captain Eleftherios Polemis told TradeWinds the ship was still on the market and there was no agreement yet to divest it.

This is not the first time news about a sale of the Kawasaki ­Shipbuilding-constructed vessel turned out to be premature. In January, UK-based brokers reported the Aliki P as sold to Chinese interests for $9.3m.

Polforce bought the bulker for $14.8m in November 2013, but supra­maxes of this type have experienced a recovery in value. In early 2016, the ship would have been worth just over $3m, according to VesselsValue. It is not due for special survey until April 2021.

Piraeus-headquartered Polforce registered with Greek authorities in November 2012, with Aliki Polemis as its legal representative.

The low-profile company bought its first ship the same month, acquiring the Kawasaki-built 51,000-dwt bulker Curia (renamed Papayiannis, built 2001) for $13.9m.

Polforce controls four Japanese-­built supramaxes with an average age of 16 years. These include the 50,200-dwt Ioanna Pol (built 2004), purchased as Clementine from British Marine in 2016. This turned out to be Polforce’s best-timed investment. It paid $6.6m for the ship, which is probably worth $9.5m to $10m today.

In November 2017, Polforce put the Mitsui-built, 50,300-dwt Agia Eirini (built 2001) up for sale. However, the bulker remains in its fleet and will not be sold for at least ­another two months, Polemis said.

According to records, the company purchased the Agia Eirini in 2013 for about $13m.