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日本海事新聞ニュース Japan Maritime Daily Jun 03, 2025 (Tue)

Gearbulk to be Equity method subsidiary of Marubeni

Open hatch ship operated by Gearbulk

　On June 2, Marubeni announced that it had agreed to invest in Gearbulk Holding (headquartered in Sw ・・・続きはログインして下さいnext 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