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MOL buys 20% of the capital of the Dutch Den Hartogh
Investment of the Dutch shipowning group in the field of the logistics of the chemicals ones
February 18, 2019
The shipowning group Japanese Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), through own society MOL Chemical Tankers (MOLCT) of Singapore, has signed an agreement in order to buy from current only shareholder Den Hartogh Beheer 20% of the capital of the Dutch Den Hartogh and has agreed with the European company the subscription of an agreement of partnership in the field of the transport of chemicals liquids, understanding that the employment of ships includes to chimichiere multipurpose, of container reservior and the management of a harbour terminal for handling of these cargos.
Currently Den Hartogh has a fleet of beyond 19 thousand container for chemicals liquids and gaseous and 7 thousand container for cargos dry used for the transport of chemicals and alimentary. MOL Chemical Tankers has a fleet of beyond 80 ships chimichiere enclosed those operated by MOL Nordic Tankers, new denomination assumed from the Danish Nordic Tankers who at the beginning of this year has been acquired from the Japanese group MOL(of 8 January 2019). Moreover MOLCT has recently constituted with the SEA-Tank Belgian Antwerp Terminal of the SEA-Invest group joint venture SEA-MOL, that it is participated to 51% from SEA-Tank and 49% from the company of Singapore and that initially will have the scope to construct and to manage a terminal for chemicals with a storage capability of 500 thousand cubic metres in the port of Antwerp, with a previewed investment of 400 million euros, that will become operating to half 2021.
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