The Great Eastern Shipping Company (G E Shipping) said that it has contracted to buy a Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier of about 81,922 deadweight tonnage on 02 September 2025.

The 2016 built vessel is expected to join the companys fleet by Q3 FY26.

The companys current owned fleet stands at 38 vessels, comprising 26 tankers (5 crude carriers, 17 product tankers, 4 LPG carriers) and 12 dry bulk carriers aggregating 3.04 million deadweight tonnage. The companys current capacity utilization is close to 100%.

In addition to this contract, the company has 1 secondhand Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier contracted to buy in July25 and 1 Suezmax crude carrier, which was contracted to buy in Aug25. Both these ships are also expected to join the fleet by Q3 FY26.

The proposed ship will be financed entirely from internal accruals. The purpose of the acquisition is expansion of the fleet.
Source: Business Standard