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日本海事新聞ニュース Japan Maritime Daily Mar 20, 2023 (Mon)

MOL purchases 32,000-ton cruise ship

Cruise ship “Seabourn Odyssey“

　On March 17, MOL announced that it had purchased the 32,000 gross ton class cruise ship “Seabourn O ・・・続きはログインして下さいnext 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