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日本海事新聞ニュース Japan Maritime Daily Jun 11, 2025 (Wed)

Kumiai Navigation’s New VLGC to TC to BGN International

Managing Director Kuroyanagi (third from the left in the front row) named the ship “CRYSTAL ODYSSEY“

　Kumiai Navigation (KN), a Singaporean shipowner part of the Kumiai Senpaku (headquarters: Tokyo) gr ・・・続きはログインして下さいnext 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