An oil/chemical tanker with a capacity of 6,500 tonnes was delivered to a company of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the northern port city of Hai Phong on March 25.
HaiPhong (VNA) - An oil/chemical tanker with a capacity of 6,500 tonneswas delivered to a company of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the northern portcity of Hai Phong on March 25.
The109.45m-long YN GWANGYANG was designed by the Asia Ship Design &Consultants Co., Ltd and built by the Pha Rung Shipbuilding One-member Co., Ltdin Thuy Nguyen district of Hai Phong.
General Director of the Pha Rung One-member Shipbuilding Co., Ltd Vu Huu Chiensaid this tanker has many high requirements of technology, quality andstability, adding that it is a product of strength of his firm.
The Pha Rung Shipbuilding One-member Co., Ltd - a cooperation project betweenthe Vietnam and Finland - was inaugurated in 1984.
Thousands of ships have been repaired by the company over the last 35 years.Pha Rung has become a reputable firm for domestic ship owners as well as thosefrom Russia, Ukraine, Germany, the RoK, Cuba, Greece and Belgium.
KimYoung-soo, President of BS Tanker of the RoK - the owner of YN GWANGYANG, saidhe believes that the successful building of the 6,500-tonne tanker will pavethe way for the prosperous development of Vietnam's shipbuilding industry andRoK shipping companies in the future.-VNA
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The YN GWANGYANG tanker (Source: VNA) 
