Italian Co to receive ship made in Viet Nam

Bach Dang Shipbuilding Industry Corporation will today hand over a 4,500-cubic-metre ethylene carrier vessel named “King Arthur” to Italian shipowner Mediterranea Di Navigazione.

This is the first in series of four vessels the Vietnamese firm has built for the Italian company.

The carrier is the first of its kind made in Viet Nam. It is 104 metres long, 16.4 metres wide and 8.4 metres deep. It has a draft of 7.2 metres.

The Bach Dang corporation is focusing on completing a range of products for delivery this year, including a 6,500-tonne cargo ship, a 1,700 TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) container ship. It is also building other ships for domestic and foreign buyers.

Tags: Mediterranea Di Navigazione, Vietnam Shipbuilding industry

Posted by VBN on Dec 21 2010. Filed under Shipbuilding. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry