GE Shipping to sell its single hull Aframax

GE Shipping to sell its single hull Aframax

>Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping) announced that the company signed a contract to sell its 1988 built single hull Aframax tanker `Jag Labh.`

The company acquired this Japanese built ship of 96,551 dwt in February 2005. The ship is scheduled for delivery to buyers in the third quarter of financial year 2007-08.

GE Shipping is selling this ship so as to reduce its presence in the non-double hull tanker fleet. In line with the same strategy, the company had sold the `Jag Laadki` (Suezmax), `Ardeshir H Bhiwandiwalla` (VLCC) and `Jag Leher` (Aframax) earlier this year.

At present, GE shipping is having a fleet of 48 ships, aggregating 3.51 million dwt, having an average age of 11.8 years and comprising of 15 crude tankers, 19 product carriers, 2 LPG carriers and 12 dry bulk carriers.

Shares of the company declined Rs 3.15 , or 0.92%, to trade at Rs 338.4. The total volume of shares traded was 51,841 at the BSE.(1.37 pm ,Thursday)

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