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MOL gets new large ore carrier for Vale

MOL gets new large ore carrier for Vale
Tokyo: Mitsui OSK Liines (MOL) has taken delivery of the Ore Salvador, a 297,076dwt ore-carrier, has been completed at Ariake Shipyard. The vessel is to serve on long term contract transporting ore from Vale.

The Liberian-flagged vessel was named by Vale International director Gurinder Singh, in a ceremony attended by MOL president Koichi Muto and president of the recently formed Japan Marine United Corporation, Shinjiro Mishima.

Ore Salvador will become the seventh of MOL’s 300,000 dwt-class bulk carriers.

In a effort to stabilise its earnings MOL is seeking to reduce its exposure to the spot market taking on more long term charters.