BP gets third Alaska tanker

BP Oil Shipping Co. USA has received delivery of the third of four 193,050 dwt Alaska-class double-hull crude oil tankers being built by National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. (Nassco), San Diego. The fourth ship will be delivered in late 2006.

The ?Alaskan Navigator?, 25% owned by BP, will be operated by Alaska Tanker Co. of Portland, Ore. It will join the ?Alaskan Frontier? and the ?Alaskan Explorer?, which were delivered August 2004 and March 2005, respectively, in delivering crude oil from Alaska to BP’s refineries in Los Angeles and Cherry Point, Washington.