Emirates Ship Investments to beef up its fleet

Emirates Ship Investment (Eships) will be beefing up its fleet with a major investment programme to double its fleet in three years. STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has signed a newbuild contract for two product/chemical tankers. The two 50,800DWT vessels, for L.G.R., Italy, will be built at the Jinahe Shipyard, with delivery scheduled for 2012. Canadas Teekay Corporation has awarded Japans IHI Corp a contract to remake an LNG carrier into a floating LNG production vessel. Malaysias leading container liner and one of the worlds largest LNG operators, MISC, is eyeing opportunities in the Middle East in a continued consolidation of its long term commercial imperatives.

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I don't think Emirates Ship Investment has much use for an icebreaker (0:15, top left corner)...