Dung Quat building Vietnam?s largest tanker

The Dung Quat Shipbuilding Industry Corporation has begun building a 104,000 dwt oil tanker named “Dung Quat 01”, the largest of its kind to be built in Vietnam so far. The construction, which uses technology from Poland, will be supervised by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). Technical experts from Japan, Korea and Poland will take part in building the oil tanker.

In addition, Dung Quat shipyard and the Vietnam Shipping Corporation (Vinaship) signed a contract to build two 54,000 dwt bulk carriers. Under the schedule, the “Dung Quat 01” tanker and one bulk carrier will be completed and handed over to Vinaship by the end of March, 2008.