NYK signs charter contract with EDF Trading

NYK signs charter contract with EDF Trading    Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha has signed a five-year charter contract for a 175,000-ton Capesize bulker with EDF Trading Ltd., part of the EDF group, Europe’s largest power utility.
   In June, NYK Bulkship (Europe) Ltd. agreed a ten-year charter contract with ENEL, Italy’s largest electric company, for shipments using two post-Panamax bulkers.
   “NYK will further strive to expand its transportation business in response to ever increasing demand by effectively meeting the needs of power suppliers around the world,” NYK said.