Monthly Archives: July 2008

MC Shipping Announces Acquisition of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Vessel

MC Shipping Inc., an expanding international shipping company focused on the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas (“LPG”) and a portfolio company of BSMB, announced that it has acquired the Keswick, an LPG vessel, from a subsidiary of Vitol SA. The vessel, built in 2003, is a pressurized LPG tanker with 11,028 cubic meters of capacity. […]

Ironshore Intends to Enter the Lloyd’s Market with the Purchase of Pembroke

Ironshore Inc. announced today that it has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Chaucer Holdings PLC and the management of Pembroke for the £17 million cash purchase of Pembroke Managing Agency Limited, which manages Lloyd’s Syndicate 4000. The transaction is subject to approval from Lloyd’s and the UK’s Financial Services Authority. Mark Wheeler serves […]