VOL. XXXV

NO. 6

11-NOVEMBER-1991

Kuwait

Kuwait to Take Delivery of Four VLCCs and Two LPG Carriers

The Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) will shortly take delivery of four VLCCcrude oil tankers, each of 280,000 dwt, KOTC Chairman 'Abd al-Fattah al-Badrtold MEES recently. The tankers, currently under construction in South Koreanyards - two by Daewoo and two by Hyundai - were ordered in the first half of1990, shortly before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. According to Mr. Badr, thefirst vessel is...