Pha Rung Shipyard builds oil tanker

The Pha Rung Shipyard , a subsidiary of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), handed over a chemical-oil tanker of 6,500 DWT to Fortune Marine of the Republic of Korea on Dec. 30.

The 110m-long and 18.2m-wide tanker is the fifth of the kind that Pha Rung has built for foreign partners.

The oil-chemical tanker with the speed of 13 knots was designed by Asia Ship Design and Consultants Co. , Ltd (ASDEC). It has Korea Register Class for unrestricted zone of operation.

Pha Rung Shipyard is also working on one more chemical-oil tanker of 13,000 DWT in line with its strategy to build specialised ships for both domestic use and export.

VNA

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