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Ship Finance International introduces in own fleet the first car carrier
Bought two ships from 6.500 ceu constructed in 2005 and 2006
October 24, 2012
Ship Finance International Ltd., society that is under responsibility of the shipowning company Frontline, has entered in the segment of the car carrier acquiring two ships garage constructed in Japan in 2005 and 2006. The fleet of Ship Finance, up to now formed from oil tankers, to chimichiere, to rinfusiere, portacontainer and unit for the offshore field, sees therefore the income of two ships with a unitary ability to about 6.500 motors vehicle.
Ship Finance has announced that the two car carrier, that they will be taken in delivery in these weeks, will be rented for five years to a quoted logistic group on a securities market in Asia. The managing director of Ship Finance, Ole B. Hjertaker, has specified that "the purchase price is a lot interesting if compared to the cost for the substitution of analogous assets with so elevated specifications" and has emphasized that the operation "will already have an immediate positive effect on the cash-flow of the society in the fourth trimester".
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