Diana Containerships Inc. (Nasdaq:DCIX) signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of Agreement to sell to an unaffiliated third party the 1996-built vessel Spinel (formerly APL Spinel) for demolition, with delivery due to the buyers by December 20, 2013, for a sale price of approximately $9.65m before commissions.
The previous charterers, NOL Liner (Pte) Ltd., have agreed to compensate the owner in full for the early redelivery of the vessel on December 1, 2013, until the minimum agreed redelivery date, January 15, 2014.