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Turkish chemical tanker owner tipped to have made first boxship foray

Photo of Sam Chambers Sam ChambersSeptember 7, 2022
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Akar Shipping

Brokers suggest a Turkish chemical tanker owner has moved into the container trades.

Istanbul-based Akar Shipping, which to date has focused on chemical tankers, is widely tipped to be the buyer of Oslo-based Atlantica Shipping’s 1,696 teu Pinara boxship, paying somewhere in the region of $22m for the 18-year-old vessel, which is currently on charter to CMA CGM and deployed in the Mediterranean, according to Alphaliner.

Akar’s website shows the company owns nine chemical carriers at the moment, ranging in size from 4,318 to 39,999 dwt.

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Photo of Sam Chambers Sam ChambersSeptember 7, 2022
682 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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