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Oman Shipping Co looking to buy two containerships

Oman Shipping Co (OSC) is looking to buy two secondhand containerships to replace chartered in tonnage local press reported.

Marcus Hand, Editor

September 28, 2017

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The shipowner is looking to acquire two 3,000 teu vessels. “Each vessel is expected to cost around $10m (in the secondhand market). We are looking for secondhand vessels,” Tarik Mohammed Al Junaidi, ceo of OSC told the Times of Oman.

He added this is a good time to acquire vessels from the secondhand market since it would be really cheap.

The company is seeing an almost 100% utilisation on a 2,500 teu container vessels operated on the Sohar to Jebel Ali route.

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Marcus Hand

Marcus Hand

Editor

Marcus Hand is the editor of Seatrade Maritime News and a dedicated maritime journalist with over two decades of experience covering the shipping industry in Asia.

Marcus is also an experienced industry commentator and has chaired many conferences and round tables. Before joining Seatrade at the beginning of 2010, Marcus worked for the shipping industry journal Lloyd's List for a decade and before that the Singapore Business Times covering shipping and aviation.

In November 2022, Marcus was announced as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Singapore Journal of Maritime Talent and Technology (SJMTT) to help bring together thought leadership around the key areas of talent and technology.

Marcus is the founder of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast that delivers commentary, opinions and conversations on shipping's most important topics.

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