Iran joins large ship-makers club
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Bushehr, July 24, IRNA -- Iran has joined world’s large ship-makers club Monday evening by launching a 21,000-ton Aframax oil tanker in this southern port.
The 250-meter-long tanker was the first out of four tankers ordered by Venezuela’s Oil Company and was manufactured at Bushehr’s Sadra shipyard within 24 months.
The vessel is the first Aframax class ship made by the Iranian experts with a 21 meter hight and 44 meter width as well as a capacity of 113,000 tons and 16 knots speed.
Being the first ship of such size made in the Middle East region, the vessel can carry 750,000 barrels of oil.
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Islamic Republic News Agency/IRNA NewsCode: 1023658
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