JAPANESE shipping group Mitsui OSK Lines has ordered four VLGCs and is also to take an additional three such vessels on long term charter.
It has ordered three 80,000 cu m ships at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and one 82,000 cu m ship at Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation.
The company has also signed long-term charter contracts with Hong Kong-based CIDO Shipping Limited for three additional 82,000 cu m VLGCs, which will be built in Korea, at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co