The Japanese shipping group Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), through the subsidiary MOL Euro Energie SAS, acquired 25% of the share capital of V.Ships France SAS (VSF), a ship management of Nantes which is headed by V.Ships of the British V.Group. Since 2021, the French company has been involved in the seafarers' recruitment and management liquefied petroleum gas vessel operation, for natural gas liquefied and other types of vessels. Currently VSF manages two bunkering vessels for MOL, Gas Vitality and Gas Agility, which are operated in Rotterdam and Marseille, and on behalf of the Japanese group will manage two new LNG ships with a capacity of 174 thousand cubic meters that will be delivered in 2027 to London-based INEOS with which MOL has signed an agreement for their rental.

The remaining 75% of VSF's capital remains with V.Ships.