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| Astomos Energy Corporation (AE) commissioned the new
LPG carrier Astomos Earth in August 2012. The new vessel is
owned by Gas Diana Transport, a fully-owned AE subsidiary
registered in Liberia, and is the first new LPG carrier AE has
taken delivery of since it was formed in 2006. AE has owned
six LPG carriers to date but as one was becoming too old for
use it decided to replace it. Classified as a fully-refrigerated Very
Large Gas Carrier (VLGC), the new ship is a size larger than the
others in the company’s LPG fleet and its superior fuel efficiency
makes it very eco-friendly. It will take on its LPG loads mostly in
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other Middle East nations as
well as in Australia and East Timor for transport to Japan and
other countries in the Far East and S.E. Asia. AE will also trade
the vessel’s cargo outside the Far East region as it works to bring
greater stability to LPG supplies. The Astomos fleet of 20 vessels,
the new VLGC Astomos Earth included, is one of the largest in
the world, handling a volume of 10 million tons of LPG a year. |
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Astomos Earth was launched at MHI’s
Nagasaki Shipyard on May 27, 2012. It
measures 230 meters long, has a beam
of 36.6 meters and a draught of 21.65
meters. |
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