04FEB2019 - NEWS - Japan based ship building company Kawasaki Heavy Industries gets order for the construction of a VLGC from Kumiai Navigation of Singapore

Japan based ship building company Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has recently received a very large gas carrier (VLGC) order from Singapore’s Kumiai Navigation. Kawasaki will build the vessel at its Sakaide Shipyard. Back in 2015, Kumiai Navigation ordered two 82,200 cbm VLGC LPG vessels at Kawasaki Heavy. The first of them, Pyxis Alfa, was handed over to its owner in May 2017, while the second one is scheduled for delivery in April this year. In addition, Kumiai Navigation ordered one more identical VLGC vessel at Kawasaki in 2017. The newbuilding, currently under construction at Sakaide yard, is slated for delivery in January 2020. Established in 1995, Kumiai Navigation is a subsidiary of Kumiai Senpaku Co Ltd, a shipowner in Japan.

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