One more heavy tonnage ship gets launched

The Nam Trieu Shipping Corporation, Nasico, in the northern port city of Haiphong , on June 22 successfully launched a 53,000 tonne freighter, which it has built for a British customer.

The freshly-launched Handymax is 190 m long, 32 m wide and 17.5 m high. It has an engine capacity of 9,480 kW designed by the Carl Bro company of Denmark and was built under the examination by the DNV of Norway.

It has a double steel cover capable of preventing saline water from soaking into its holds just in case. Its five stories of holds can contain 66,700 cu.m of cargo.

It is the fourth 53,000 tonne freight that Nasico has built so far. It will be followed by Nasico’s contract with the Petroleum Technique Service Company (PTSC) to build a 150,000 tonne oil tanker.

VNA

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