NYK signs LNG charter contract with Gaz de France
NYK has secured a six-year charter contract with gas company Gaz de France, starting May 2008, for a newly built liquefied natural gas carrier. Financial details were not disclosed.
The French government now controls 80 percent of the shares in Gaz de France, which was formerly completely state-owned. NYK holds a 20 percent ownership in Gazocean, a ship management company that is part of Gaz de France.