May 6 - ELMIRA Shipping and Trading has appointed Clipper Projects as commercial managers for MPP Shield, MPP Arrow and MPP Triumph.

These three vessels were originally built as the CEC Cardiff, CEC Culembourg and CEC Castle and are sister vessels to Clipper Projects' own Confidence class vessels and will also join the Clipper Confidence pool.

This brings the total number of Confidence class vessels to 19.

The addition of Confidence class vessels will further strengthen Clipper Projects' trading flexibility and ensure a continuous growth in market shares worldwide, said the company.