Synergy Holdings has become one of Euroseas’ top shareholders after its Synergy Marine sold almost its entire fleet to the New York-listed owner. Synergy Marine, a ship management firm controlled by Synergy Holdings chairman Andreas Papathomas, offloaded four boxhips for $40m, leaving it Source: http://www.tradewindsnews.com

Scorpio Services Holding has disclosed the trade that sent Hermitage Offshore shares skyward late last week. The holding company, which also has stakes in Scorpio Tankers and Scorpio Bulkers, bought 332,073 shares in Hermitage for $1.49 each. The holding company already owned 9.3 Source: http://www.tradewindsnews.com

Scorpio Tankers president Robert Bugbee his bought his third round of calls in as many months. The New York-listed product tanker owner disclosed Tuesday that Bugbee had bought call options on 200,000 shares with a strike price of $32 for $450,000. The Source: http://www.tradewindsnews.com

A US investment firm has offloaded two million common shares of Genco Shipping & Trading, lowering its stake in the New York-listed bulker owner to just below 20%. Strategic Value Partners (SVP) now has 8.17 million shares in the John Wobensmith-led company for Source: http://www.tradewindsnews.com

Investors are flocking to Hermitage Offshore and its short interest has more than doubled in the last month. Shares in the Scorpio Group-backed, New York-traded company shot up nearly 70%, or $0.43, to $1.06 in late trading Friday. Trading volume peeked over Source: http://www.tradewindsnews.com

A second finance man has stepped forward to assert that product tanker giant Hafnia Tankers priced its Norwegian equity offering close to its net asset value this month. The comments by Mark Whatley of US bank Evercore Partners cast a positive light on the deal even though it failed to meet its fundraising targets. Whatley made the assertion during a conference presentation this week, clashing somewhat with the view of…