The cash rich company is looking to expand the volume of LNGit ships through investments both in and outside of Qatar, managing directorAbdullah Fadhalah Al Sulaiti is quoted as saying in local media.

Maran Nakilat was set up in 2005 and initially covered fourships on long-term contracts to Qatari LNG producer RasGas.

Over the past year Maran has added four more of its 160,000-cbmnewbuildings built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).

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