VOL. XLV

No 23

10-June-2002

SAUDI ARABIA

NSCSA Receives Third Of Four VLCCs From South Korea

Ata ceremony in South Korea on 2 June, National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia(NSCSA) Chairman Sulaiman al-Herbishformally received a vessel named Safwa, the third offour very large crude carriers (VLCCs) ordered fromSamsung Heavy Industries, each of which has a capacity of 302,700 tons(equivalent to 2.2mn barrels).NSCSAtook delivery of Harad, the first of the fourvessels, in October last year (MEES, 29...