Japan Gas Energy to add second LPG vessel

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Tokyo—Privately owned Japan Gas Energy Corp. is joining other Japanese LPG importers by adding to its shipping fleet as it also aims to increase its ability to source more supplies from the US and other countries west of Suez. Japan Gas Energy will sign a time-charter deal with Japanese shipper Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, or K Line, later this month to secure newbuild VLGC Galaxy River as the second tanker in its LPG fleet, a company source said Friday.