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China Merchants Energy Shipping Co., Ltd.
China Merchants Energy Shipping owns and operates a fleet of tankers, bulk carriers, and LNG ships that carry oil, dry goods, and liquefied natural gas across the world's oceans.
China Merchants Energy Shipping is a shipping company — specifically, a kind of floating logistics business. It owns and operates a large fleet of vessels, and it earns money by hauling cargo that other companies need to move. It does not produce oil or gas, and it does not own the cargo it carries. Instead, it sells the service of moving that cargo safely and on time from one port to another, and the customers who pay are the oil majors, commodity traders, and energy companies that need their goods shipped across oceans.
The company's business breaks into three main parts. First, crude oil tankers: huge ships that carry oil from places that produce it to places that burn it, such as refineries in Asia. Second, dry bulk carriers, which move solid things like iron ore, coal, and grain. Third, and increasingly important, liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. LNG is natural gas that has been chilled until it turns into a liquid so it takes up far less space, which makes it shippable. The company's LNG ships are often locked into long-term contracts with energy companies, which makes that part of the business steadier and more predictable than the spot-driven tanker trade.
Shipping is a deeply cyclical business. When the world is hungry for oil and goods, freight rates rise and shipowners make good money; when trade slows, rates fall and the same ships make much less. China Merchants Energy Shipping is one of China's larger shipping groups, backed by the state-owned China Merchants Group conglomerate, which gives it access to capital and a long history in the industry. Its tanks are full of risk, but its LNG contracts and diversified fleet help smooth the ride.
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