By GMM Technologies | 2024-06-05 | Ship Building News |

On the afternoon of May 13, in Hai Phong, Pha Rung Shipbuilding Company (Vietnam Shipbuiding Industry Corporation) held a launching ceremony for a 13,000 ton oil/chemical tanker with shell symbol YN-01 named “BS HAI PHONG”, ship dock number 2, hull symbol YN-02 and signed a contract to build ship number 8, hull symbol YN-08.

These are the same products as the 13,000 ton oil/chemical tanker series newly built for Korean shipowners. This is also the third time Korean shipowners have ordered a series of oil/chemical tankers to be built at the Pha Rung Shipbuilding Company. The 13,000 ton oil/chemical tanker named “BS HAI PHONG” is the first ship in a series of 8 new oil/chemical tankers built for Korean shipowners. In 2018, this ship owner ordered a new 6,500 ton oil/chemical tanker named “YN BUSAN” (city where the ship owner’s headquarters is located) to be built at Pha Rung Shipbuilding Company.

This event aims to celebrate the 69th anniversary of Hai Phong Liberation Day (May 13, 1955 / May 13, 2024). The ship owner named the ship “BS HAI PHONG” as a symbolic mark of solidarity and friendship between Hai Phong City and Busan City (Korea), a testament to the friendship, comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Korea. The 13,000 ton oil/chemical tanker “BS HAI PHONG” has basic parameters: Overall length is 128.6m, width 20.4m, beam height 11.5m, draft 8.7m. The ship is designed by Korean designers and classified by KR Register.

Pha Rung is a unit with experience in building new oil/chemical tankers. The ship “BS HAI PHONG” will be completed and handed over to the ship owner to put into operation in September 2024. According to the plan, the next ships from YN-02 to YN08 will be completed and handed over by Pha Rung with a time of 4-5 months/ship. With the construction of 8 oil/chemical tankers this time along with other repair and newbuilding products, Pha Rung Shipbuilding Company has enough jobs and products until 2027.