Hitachi Zosen recently received orders for two 60,000-deadweight-ton Panamax-type bulk carriers. One each is to be constructed for Dove Maritime Corporation and Sotiras Maritime Corporation. Both companies are registered in Liberia and belong to the Xylas Group of the U.S. Also, three more bulk carrier orders were received: two Panamax-type carriers, one from Metroship Corporation and the other from Metro Freighting Corporation; and one 132,000-dwt conventional-type carrier from Metrosea Transport Corporation. All three companies are Liberian corporations belonging to the National Shipping & Trading Corp. Group, also of the U.S. The total number of Panamax-type carriers ordered from Hitachi Zosen is now 57, ten of which were ordered during fiscal 1980.
Hitachi Gets Contracts For Five Bulk Carriers
Shipbuilding/Contracts
Hitachi Zosen has received orders for five bulk carriers from Liberian companies belonging to the Xylas Group and the National Shipping & Trading Corp. Group of the U.S.
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Company
- Hitachi Zosen shipbuilder
- Dove Maritime Corporation buyer, Liberia
- Sotiras Maritime Corporation buyer, Liberia
- Metroship Corporation buyer, Liberia
- Metro Freighting Corporation buyer, Liberia
- Metrosea Transport Corporation buyer, Liberia
- Xylas Group owner group, U.S.
- National Shipping & Trading Corp. Group owner group, U.S.
Transcribed from the May 15, 1981 print edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News. Text is OCR-derived and may contain errors.