VOL. XXXVI

NO. 52

27-SEPTEMBER-1993

SAUDI ARABIA

Vela's Tankers Named

Vela International Marine, Saudi Aramco's tanker arm, has named the threesuper tankers which are currently being built for it by Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries of Japan. Two of these, which each have a capacity of 290,000 dwt andcan carry 2.16mn barrels of crude, have been named Libra Star and Phoenix Starand are scheduled for delivery in late September and November respectively. Theywill be initially used to carry crude from Saudi...