SCI inks two VLCCs

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), today signed contracts with Daewoo Ship Building and Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea for building and delivering two VLCCs. The tankers, to be built at DSME’s shipbuilding yard in South Korea, will have a deadweight of about 300,000 tonnes at the design draft of 21.5 metres. The newbuildings will be classed with the ABS and IRS Classification Societies. Deliveries are scheduled for end October 2008 and end September 2009 respectively.