OMI Corporation of the US has ordered a 47,000-dwt ice-class IA products tanker from Hyundai Mipo for delivery in August 2005.
OMI, which has six 37,000-dwt similar vessels on order at the South Korean yard, said it was the first of its size and design. It will be named Thames.
Craig H.Stevenson Jr, OMI chairman and ceo, said: “With delivery in advance of the 2005-06 winter we are confident this vessel will be in great demand.”
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