Hyundai Heavy Industries (S. Korea) has launched a tanker built for Primorsk Shipping Corporation (PRISCO), RIA Novosti learnt Monday from PRISCO’s press center. The 166,000-dwt vessel called Prisco Mizar is to be put into operation in a number of weeks. This time is needed for fitting and equipment of the vessel, which is then to undergo sea trial. The vessel was designed for deployment at the Baltic Sea. This 1А ice class tanker is to be fitted with a steel screw and to have a decreased draft.
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