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Mitsui OSK expands LPG carrier fleet

Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines is broadening its business of hauling liquefied petroleum gas under spot agreements, adding three shipping carriers to increase its designated fleet to 15 from 12. The three new carriers will each boast a capacity of around 83,000m3 and will be built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd and South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co...

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LPG World Shipping news desk, 12 February 2010
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Latvian Shipping’s LPG sabbatical is short-lived
LPG World Shipping news desk, 8 January 2010
Months after selling Vidzeme (pictured) and Kurzeme, its two remaining LPG carriers, Latvian Shipping has returned to the gas carrier sector by ordering two 20,500m3 semi-pressurised/fully ...
Joint venture orders six LPG carriers
LPG World Shipping news desk, 3 December 2009
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LPG World Shipping news desk, 4 November 2009
Stolt-Nielsen Gas Ltd, a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen SA, has taken the 10-year old, very large gas carrier (VLGC) Yuhsho (pictured) on a three-year time charter, The agreement, with Yuyo Steamship Co ...
New Zealand poised to regain LPG export status
LPG World Shipping news desk, 23 October 2009
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LPG World Shipping news desk, 9 October 2009
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LPG World Shipping news desk, 6 October 2009
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LPG World Shipping news desk, 14 September 2009
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LPG World Shipping news desk, 28 August 2009
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Boost for Caribbean LPG transport
LPG World Shipping news desk, 12 August 2009
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