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Pleiades Shipping enters dry bulk sector with order at Namura

Photo of Jason Jiang Jason JiangAugust 1, 2017
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Greek owner Pleiades Shipping has placed an order of two 85,000 dwt post-panamax bulk carriers at Japan’s Namura Shipbuilding.

The price for each vessel is $27.5m and delivery is scheduled in 2019. The vessels will be the first bulkers in Pleiades Shipping’s fleet.

The company currently operates a fleet of 12 tankers, and it has another three tankers under construction at Namura Shipbuilding and Hyundai Mipo.

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Photo of Jason Jiang Jason JiangAugust 1, 2017
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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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  1. I was informed that Pleiades was a tanker company, no dry bulk. Do they want to expand into dry bulk business?
    please check

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