Inpex Shipping, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan’s Inpex, has sealed a deal with MOL Encean, a subsidiary of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), to expand its liquefied natural gas (LNG) fleet with a new vessel for which a naming ceremony has now been held in South Korea.

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