October 18, 2017 | 14:25 (GMT+7)
Vietnamese shipyard launches tanker for Korea
PANO - The Pha Rung Shipyard Company under the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, successfully launched a 6,500 DWT oill tanker in the northern port city of Hai Phong on October 16.
Vietnamese shipyard launches tanker for Korea
The ship, named “YN YEOSU”, is the first out of a batch of four vessels that the Vietnamese company will build for the BS Tanker Company from the Republic of Korea.
The 109m-long and 18m-wide oil tanker has a water displacement of 6.8m and can operate at top speed of 13 nautical miles per hour.
The shipbuilder plans to organize the deliver of the YN YEOSU to the RoK Company at the end of first quarter of 2018, and then subsequently hand over the remaining ships every three months.
Translated by Van Hieu