A consortium comprising Carlyle Group [CYL.UL], Tiger Group Investments Partners, Seaspan Corp, (SSW.N) the Washington Family, Gerry Wang and Graham Porter has agreed to buy more than $5 billion worth of shipping vessels, Carlyle Group said in a statement on Monday. The company will begin business immediately and expects to inject up to $900 million of equity capital into the venture during the next five years, the statement added.(Reporting by Denny Thomas and Alison Leung; Editing by Ken Wills)
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