KOTC takes delivery of new oil tanker
Kuwait 
KUWAIT CITY, May 21, 2014 – Last Sunday, the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company took delivery of a new giant oil tanker, Al Derwazah, built by South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. The 330-metre-long vessel has a loading capacity of 2.2 million barrels and is the third of a five-tanker deal signed between the two companies.
KOTC is in the third phase of revamping its tanker fleet, currently comprising 24 vessels. This number is expected to reach 30 by the end of 2014. Phase three calls for the construction of nine oil tankers, four of which will be super tankers. The other vessels are four medium-range petroleum tankers and one long-range petroleum products and crude oil tanker.
In 2013, the company transported 22.67 million tonnes of crude oil, petroleum products and liquefied gas.
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