| 2007: The inauguration of the first Iraqi tanker since 27 years |
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December 20, 2007 Official spokesman for the Ministry of Oil said that the public company for Iraqi oil tankers will inaugurate the first Iraqi tanker within its fleet on Monday in an official ceremony. He said, "The company has taken all necessary precautions for the work of those pieces; it contracted with a Norwegian company to prepare studies for the advancement of this sector, the training of its cadres and to make it within the international specifications ( I.S.M.). It also contracted with a Swedish company for world specifications of tankers for the exercise of maritime activity." Jihad continued, "The Iraqi Company for tankers was founded in 1972 and has had 22 pieces, the smallest one is with a payload of one thousand five hundred tons and the largest with 155 thousand tons." He pointed out that the tanker will transport oil from Iraq and imported oil derivatives into Iraq during the current phase. The Ministry has a plan to expand the fleet to include modern oil tankers and it has already contracted with Hyundai Company of South Korea to build a number of oil tankers to Iraq. Source: Iraq Directory |