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日本海事新聞ニュース Japan Maritime Daily Oct 26, 2020 (Mon)

NYK made Gazocean a wholly owned subsidiary

 On October 23, NYK announced that it has acquired all shares of Gazocean (Headquarters: Marseille), ・・・ 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