Harry Vafias was peppered with questionsabout growth during a conference call that followed the release of Nasdaq-listedowner’s fourth-quarter earnings report.
While StealthGas specialises in small, fully-pressurised LPG carriers below 8,000-cbm and will continue to do so in the nearfuture management noted that it may start to explore investments in other typesof tonnage as well, like semi-refrigerated ships and ethylene carriers.
If attractive newbuilding slots weren’tso hard to find, in a perfect world Vafias said the owner would likely pen fourto six pressurised ships sub-10,000-cbm, between six and eightsemi-refrigerated vessels in the 4,000 to 8,000-cbm range and a pair of medium-sizedLPG carriers.
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