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South Korea’s Posco says first LNG carrier to start ops in H2

By LNG Prime Staff
Posco expands LNG business with
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Posco International, a unit of South Korean steel producer Posco, plans to start shipping LNG with its first dedicated LNG carrier in the second half of this year.

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