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日本海事新聞ニュース Japan Maritime Daily Jun 01, 2023 (Thu)

CMES places an order for the newbuild of two large LNG carriers without TC

　China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), a subsidiary of the China Merchants Group, has placed an or ・・・続きはログインして下さいnext 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