National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co. (NCC) of Saudi Arabia announced that it had received on Friday, 15th April 2011 in Korea a new chemical tanker named "NCC HUDA" from SLS Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. of South Korea, as part of two vessels previously purchased by NCC from SLS on 21/12/2010 for a total price of approximately (SAR 322 Millions) for the two tankers, company reports.
The first vessel was delivered to NCC during March 2011.
"NCC HUDA" has a DWT of 45,000 tons with (DNV) classification and full (IMO 2) notations and cargo capacity of 53,200 cubic meters comprising (22) Zink/Epoxy coated cargo tanks with (20) full segregations.
The vessel will be commercially operated by "NCC ODFJELL Chemical Tankers JLT", located in Dubai and owned jointly by NCC and its long term strategic partner ODFJELL SE of Norway, which commenced operation in January 2010.
NCC has additional nine vessels under construction at SLS in South Korea costing (SAR 1,721 Millions) with deliveries expected during 2011/12, in addition to one large chemical tanker of 75,000 DWT, to be constructed at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) of South Korea at the price of (SAR 247 Millions) for delivery during 2013.
NCC currently operates a fleet of 14 vessels that are specialized in transporting Chemicals, Vegoils and Clean Petroleum Products with DWT capacity of nearly 620,000 tons, which will grow to (25) vessels and 1.1 Millions DWT by 2013.
The first vessel was delivered to NCC during March 2011.
"NCC HUDA" has a DWT of 45,000 tons with (DNV) classification and full (IMO 2) notations and cargo capacity of 53,200 cubic meters comprising (22) Zink/Epoxy coated cargo tanks with (20) full segregations.
The vessel will be commercially operated by "NCC ODFJELL Chemical Tankers JLT", located in Dubai and owned jointly by NCC and its long term strategic partner ODFJELL SE of Norway, which commenced operation in January 2010.
NCC has additional nine vessels under construction at SLS in South Korea costing (SAR 1,721 Millions) with deliveries expected during 2011/12, in addition to one large chemical tanker of 75,000 DWT, to be constructed at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) of South Korea at the price of (SAR 247 Millions) for delivery during 2013.
NCC currently operates a fleet of 14 vessels that are specialized in transporting Chemicals, Vegoils and Clean Petroleum Products with DWT capacity of nearly 620,000 tons, which will grow to (25) vessels and 1.1 Millions DWT by 2013.