Murmansk Shipping Company (MSC), the Russian Arctic specialist, is making its first fleet additions in a decade. It has revealed it has recently bought a 2010-built Chinese general cargo ship, which has just been renamed Vsevolod Beletsky and has outlined plans to order three new 30,000 dwt bulkers before the end of this year as part of a fleet rejuvenation process.
The Russian line, founded in 1939, has a fleet of 27 ships equating to 541,000 dwt. The breakdown of the fleet includes 15 bulkers, a passenger ship, five tankers and an icebreaker.
