VOL. XLI
No. 27
6-July-1998
KUWAIT
KOTC Takes Delivery Of Second New ULCC From Hyundai Shipyard
The Kuwait Oil Tanker Company - the oil transportation subsidiary of the state-ownedKuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) - has taken delivery of the second of two 309,000 dwtcrude oil carriers which have been built by South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries companyunder a $160mn contract signed in early 1997 (MEES, 6 January 1997). The new tankerhas been named Al Shaqayah. The first sister vessel - Al...
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