28MAR2019 - NEWS - Nisshin Shipping of Japan enters gas shipping market by placing order for the construction of a LNG carrier at Samsung Heavy Industries

Japanese owner Nisshin Shipping is entering the gas shipping market, having placed an order for the construction of a LNG carrier at South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries. Nisshin Shipping will pay a price of $191.3m for the vessel with delivery scheduled in 2022. Nisshin Shipping currently operates in the bulker and tanker market, owning a fleet of 33 bulkers and 26 tankers. The company is in the middle of massive fleet expansion programme, and has a total 46 newbuildings under construction at Japanese and Chinese yards.

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