Brazilian oil company Petobras is lining up the sale of a veteran suezmax that was first tipped to leave its fleet five years ago.
The company has placed an advertisement in the UK Financial Times newspaper inviting bids for the 153,000-dwt Cartola (built 2000).
The vessel, controlled by Petrobras shipping arm Transpetro, is currently at anchor in Indonesia.
Inspections are available up to 26 November depending on the tanker's operational schedule.
Bids must be lodged by 27 November on the Petronect website. No reserve price is given.
VesselsValue assesses the unit to be worth $15.48m for further trading, or $8.82m for scrap.
Prize asset?
In 2015, the tanker was said to be one of the prized assets being lined up for sale as the corruption-hit company sought to raise cash.
Brazilian media reported on a $270m, 23-ship auction that included tankers and LPG carriers.
It is not clear how many were sold, but the oil producer has continued to offload older tonnage since then.
The Cartola was said to be worth $78m at that time.
TradeWinds reported in September that Petrobras has scrapped a total of nine tankers dating from the 1980s and 1990s in a mass clear-out that began in July.
Idle ships sold
The vessels, all of which were built at Brazilian shipyards barring one LPG carrier, have been laid up for longer than a year, sources familiar with the sales said.
The disposals left Petrobras with 35 tankers and LPG carriers.
Three of the remaining smaller tankers date from the 1980s. Otherwise, the Cartola and sistership Ataulfo Alves are the oldest oil carriers in the fleet by 11 years.
Last December, Petrobras' 45,000-dwt tanker Lorena BR (built 1996) was due to be scrapped after being sold at auction. A cash buyer offered the winning bid of $3.55m.
