Iran to deliver first oil tanker to Venezuela in three months
Iran will deliver the first domestically-made oil tanker, with
the capacity of 113,000 tons, to Venezuela in three months.
The Aframax-category tanker is worth 52 million euros and is the
first of its kind which is built in the Middle East, the IRNA news
agency reported.
The oil tanker, which was ordered by Venezuelan state oil company
PDVSA, is 250 meters long, 44 meters wide and weighs 21,000 tons.
It can carry 750,000 barrels of oil at a speed of up to 16
knots.
The two countries signed a 211-million-euro deal in January 2007.
According to the contract, Iran to build four oil tankers for
Venezuela.
Iranian Sadra Shipbuilding Company is in charge of constructing the
tankers.
The company's managing director, Mehdi Etesam, said in August that
the project has so far progressed by around 45 percent, the ISNA
news agency reported.