Venezuela ratifies Argentine order

Venezuelan state-run oil giant PDVSA confirmed its plans to order two oil tankers from an Argentine shipyard, following claims in Buenos Aires that such a project announced in July 2004 came to a standstill. Union leader Vicente Ignomirielo, a delegate of Buenos Aires-based R?o Santiago shipyard (ARS) made the announcement Tuesday, following a meeting with the president of PDVSA’s shipyard in Venezuela Dianca.