VOL. XXX

NO. 23

16-MARCH-1987

KUWAIT

KETC-owned VLCC Converted to a Products Carrier

The Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) in Bahrain has completed work onthe conversion of a very large crude carrier (VLCC) into a products carrier (VLPC)for the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) at a cost of $750,000. The conversionwas carried out on KOTC's 294,739 dwt Kazimah, which is apparently now beingused as a transhipment storage vessel off Khor Fakkan in the UAE. The vessel,the largest products...