Dung Quat shipyard prepares for first newbuilding

The Dung Quat shipyard in Vietnam has imported 1,500 tonnes of steel, the first shipment of steel plates for the construction of a 100,000 dwt oil tanker. This newbuilding will be the first ship to be built by the new Dung Quat Shipbuilding Industry Corporation in the Dung Quat economic complex, the largest of its kind in Viet Nam so far, which is based in the central province of Quang Ngai.

The shipyard, which is part of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), is expected to import another 15,000 tonnes of steel to complete the oil tanker for which construction is likely to start by mid September and be delivered to Vinalines by late 2008.