Tokyo: Shipbuilding giant Japan received 28 new ship building order in May - 1.36m tons in all.
The total tonnage of April and May reached 2.89m including one iron ore carrier, 17 bulk carriers, one container ship, one car carrier, one RORO vessel, two aframax takers, one crude tanker, one product carrier, two chemical tankers and one LPG vessel.
There are 23 ships to be scheduled to be delivered this year, four in 2011 and one in 2012. [22/06/10]
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