Sunday 22 January 2012

Oman acquires two more oil carriers from Korea, Japan - Times of Oman

Oman Shipping Company (OSC) has received two new Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC), namely Habroot and the Liquefied Oil Gas Carrier Hiski Gas. With this acquisition, the number of carriers commercially operated and owned by OSC have increased to 33 .

OSC received Habroot, the 10th crude oil carrier during the ceremony held at the headquarters of Daewoo Company in Okbu city in South Korea.

Habroot was designed as per the latest global standards in the VLCC industry using the latest navigation and safety technologies and tools that enable the carrier to work in different climate conditions. It has also been provided with the ballast water treatment technology to comply with international conventions on the protection of the environment from the effects of transportation of ballast water and sediments around the world.

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