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Steel Cutting Ceremony for Hull No. S408 - the first 50.000DWT Product Tanker

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  • Creation Date 2013-05-24
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On May 24, 2013 at the Hull processing shop, Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard (HVS) held steel cutting ceremony for Hull No. S408, the first 50,000 DWT Class Product Tanker in series of four (04) vessels built for d’Amico International Shipping S.A., Italia.

The representatives of Owner, Rina class, and Shipyard attended the ceremony. The representatives of Owner pressed the start button to cut the 1st steel plate, marking the beginning of a shipbuilding process.

As current production schedule, keel laying of Hull No. S408 will be in the end of September, and delivery in the middle of 2014.
The main particulars of the vessels are as follows:
• Length : 183m
• Breath : 32.2m
• Depth : 19.4m
• Cargo capacity : 54,300 m3
• Speed : 14.5knots

Since starting shipbuilding business in 2008, HVS has successfully delivered 40 bulk carriers to the worldwide ship-owners. Based on the accumulated experience, HVS are going to a new challenge in building of product tanker with the solid confidence that we can get a great achievement as it did in the past years.