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New building update

Astilleros Espanoles Sestao Yard is currently building two IMO

Class 2 DP, BLS shuttle tankers for Statoil for worldwide trading and operations, principally intend- ed for loading and transporting oil from an offshore oil field on the

Norwegian Continental Shelf. The loading of crude oil can take place from an offshore loading facility such as a subsurface loading sta- tion, floating storage and offload- ing unit, floating production and storage offloading unit, articulated loading platforms and convention- al oil terminals through the mid- ship manifold.

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Circle 41 on Reader Service Card (Continued from page 51) building and ship repair, and the largest privately-owned undertak- ing, Union Naval de Levante (UNL) has augmented its export workload of sophisticated chem- tankers.

The extension of the program into the year 2000 has taken place against the backdrop of the serious fire damage sustained in July by a

Norwegian chemical carrier new- building at the yard, with loss of life. The vessel involved, the 5,100- dwt Proof Spirit, had been due for delivery to Jo Tankers in August.

While having to rehabilitate and complete Proof Spirit, UNL has secured new business which takes its delivery commitments two and a half years ahead. It has attract- ed orders from Bergen-based

Seatrans and French company

Tankafrica for 17,500-dwt, fully stainless steel design chemical tankers.

The two operators each have one firm order and one option ship.

There is a connection between the investment initiatives, in that

Tankafrica has a link with the

Ermefer-controlled Swiss company

Vinalmar, Seatrans' partner in a chemtanker pooling agreement.

Reflecting a current strength in the industry in Spain as a whole, sophisticated tanker construction forms one of the main planks of

UNL's business.

The Valencia yard's output since mid 1996 has included a 9,600-dwt chemical carrier for Marpetrol of

Madrid, and two 5,750-dwt vessels for the Gothenburg firm United

Statoil ship specifications

Length, o.n 869.4 ft. (265 m)

Breodth (molded) 141 ft. (43 m)

Depth (molded) 72.2 ft. (22 m)

Design draft 49.2 ft. (15 m)

DWT 121,600 tons

Classification DNV

Flag Norway Pictured is the upper deck of the IMO Class 2 DP, BLS shuttle tanker from Astilleros Sestao.

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