VOL. XL

No. 49

8-December-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

NSC Plans To Transport Gas

Saudi Arabia's National Shipping Company (NSC) is planning to enter the business oftransporting gas under the company's second five-year plan, NSC's General Manager, Mr. AbdAllah Shuraim, announced last week. The company is also planning to raise the capacity ofits container fleet and expand its support shipping services. Mr. Shuraim did not indicatewhen the company intends to purchase gas tankers. In 1996-97 NSC took...