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Great Eastern Shipping acquires gas carrier

Photo of Jason Jiang Jason JiangSeptember 4, 2017
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India’s Great Eastern Shipping has announced the acquisition of a 1997-built 35,420 cu m gas carrier as it looks to grow its LPG business.

The vessel is expected to join the company’s fleet in the second quarter of 2018. While the name and seller of the vessel wasn’t revealed, it appears to be the Gas Columbia, owned by South Korean owner KSS Line.

Great Eastern Shipping currently operates a fleet of 46 vessels, comprising of 12 crude carriers, 16 product tankers, 2 LPG carriers and 16 dry bulk carriers. In addition, the company has committed to purchase one secondhand LR2 product tanker

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Photo of Jason Jiang Jason JiangSeptember 4, 2017
9 Less than a minute
Photo of Jason Jiang

Jason Jiang

Jason is one of the most prolific writers on the diverse China shipping & logistics industry and his access to the major maritime players with business in China has proved an invaluable source of exclusives. Having been working at Asia Shipping Media since inception, Jason is the chief correspondent of Splash and associate editor of Maritime CEO magazine. Previously he had written for a host of titles including Supply Chain Asia, Cargo Facts and Air Cargo Week.
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