VOL.XXXIXNo. 5728-October-1996SAUDI ARABIA

NCCAnd NSC Take Delivery Of More CarriersThe National Chemical Carriers (NCC) - owned 80% by Saudi Arabia'sNational Shipping Company (NSC) and 20% by the Saudi BasicIndustries Corporation (SABIC) - was due last week totake delivery of the 37,500-dwt al-Jubail, the thirdpetrochemical carrier built by Kvaerner's shipyardsin Norway. The two other 37,000-dwt carriers - al-Riyadh andMacca - were delivered in January and May 1995 and the threeof them...