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Kuwati firm buys the world’s largest livestock carrier

Photo of Sam Chambers Sam ChambersDecember 12, 2019
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Australian live export company Wellard is selling the world’s largest purpose-built livestock vessel, the Ocean Shearer, for $53m to Kuwait’s Al Mawashi, which trades in Australia as Kuwait Livestock Transport and Trading Company (KLTT).

Built in 2016, the nine-deck, 189.5 m long Ocean Shearer can carry 20,000 cattle or 75,000 sheep.

Wellard executive chairman John Klepec said the Ocean Shearer has been consistently under-utilised in what he described as the “current, very volatile, environment”.

In October, struggling Wellard settled the sale and leaseback of the ship Ocean Swagman for $22m, two years after selling the Ocean Outback.

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Photo of Sam Chambers Sam ChambersDecember 12, 2019
727 Less than a minute
Photo of Sam Chambers

Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.
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