Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will build an 83,000-cbm LPG carrier for NYK-linked Kyoei Tanker.

NYK will then charter the ship to Astomos for a five-year period. The ship is due to be delivered in the first half of 2017.

The 83,000-cbm LPG carrier order is the fourth sister ship to be ordered at MHI on the back of Astomos-linked charters since late 2013.

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