A pairing of Idan Ofer-controlled Eastern Pacific Shipping and Gianluigi Aponte’s MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company liner giant is being named as the party behind a surprise KRW 514.8bn ($370.5m) order for four LNG bunker vessels in South Korea.
Bunker industry sources said the companies are linking up in a joint venture on the order at HD Hyundai Mipo as the groundswell of LNG dual-fuel container ship newbuildings gathers momentum.
