VAN OMMEREN ACQUIRES DUTCH GAS CONTAINER UNIT Dutch shipping and transport group PHS Van Ommeren NV <OMMN.AS> said it has taken over a small Dutch gas container firm as a first step in establishing a world-wide gas container organisation. The firm, Liquid and Gas Transport BV (LGT), employs 10 people and has a fleet of 200 gas containers. Van Ommeren will shortly open an office in Singapore and expand its facilities in Houston to establish the gas container network.