Sinokor bumps up LNG carrier fleet with secondhand trio

South Korean shipowner Sinokor Merchant Marine has increased its fleet of laid up LNG carriers to 13 vessels with the purchase of three sisterships.

Sources who follow the media-shy owner reveal the company has bought the 126,400-cbm LNG Gemini and LNG Leo (both built 1978) along with the LNG Virgo (built 1979) from US aerospace and defence multinational General Dynamics Corp.