MC Shipping buys LPG tankers

MC Shipping buys LPG tankers MC Shipping Inc. said it has agreed to acquire three liquefied petroleum gas vessels from the Komaya Group of Japan.
   Built from 1995 to 1997, they will be chartered to Vitol SA, an oil and gas trading company.
   The company said the purchase would add about $10.5 million in revenue and $6.3 million in EBITDA in a full year of trading.
   Following the delivery of the three ships Monaco-based MC Shipping will have a fleet of 22 fully or partially owned vessels, of which 18 will be LPG carriers.
   The company also owns four containerships.