Friday, April 10, 2009

Brodosplit delivers new tanker to Cypriot client





Split's Brodosplit Shipyard delivered a new tanker, named the Arctic Flounder, to Cypriot client Salute Shipping Company Limited yesterday (Thurs).

The new Panamax-type tanker is 228.5 metres long and 32.24 metres wide, has a capacity of 74,925 tonnes and will have a maximum speed of 16 knots.

The new P-MAX-type tanker will transport of oil and oil products.

It is about the largest tanker that can pass through the Panama Canal with a full load of cargo.The tanker, which complies with Panama Canal Authority requirements, is the third of four of that type built by Brodosplit for its client in Cyprus.

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