VOL. XLII

No. 39

27-September-1999

IRAN

Iran Takes Delivery Of VLCC From Daewoo

The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) has takendelivery on schedule of a 150,000 dwt VLCC from South Korea痴 Daewoo shipyard.The tanker has been named Susangerd and it is the first of 10 tankers that Iranhas on order with Daewoo. NITC also has five VLCCs on order with South Korea痴Hyundai and five with China痴 Dalian New Shipyard (MEES, 12 July and 30August). The new delivery raises the tonnage of NITC痴 tanker fleet...