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Maple Leaf Shipping marks 70 years with its first newcastlemax purchase
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China’s Maple Leaf Shipping has marked its 70th anniversary by adding its largest vessel to date, emerging as the buyer of a 206,300 dwt newcastlemax bulker. Broker sources tell Splash the privately owned company is behind the purchase of the 2005-built Cape Merlin, which has now been renamed ES Bright Sea. Maple Leaf is one …