Mitsui Awarded Second 215,000-Dwt Tanker By British Petroleum
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British Petroleum has ordered a second 215,000-dwt tanker from Mitsui Shipbuilding & Engineering, bringing the BP group's total of the class on order to nine. The remaining orders are spread among Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Dockyard and Chantier Navals de la Ciotat, and the ships are intended mainly for Japanese crude oil trade worth over six-million tons across three years.
British Petroleum Ltd. recently announced that it has ordered another 215,000-dwt tanker from Mitsui Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. in Japan. According to BP, this brings to nine the total of this class of ship now on order for the BP group.
In addition to the two on order with Mitsui, the company has four on order with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, one with the Kawasaki Dockyard, and two 240,000-ton tankers with the Chantier Navals de la Ciotat. The vessels are to be used mostly for crude oil trade with Japan, which is expected to involve total sales of more than six-million tons over a three year period, according to BP.
