The state-owned Iraqi Oil Tankers Company (IOTC) has announced a tender for the purchase of two tankers; a" handy size" 20,000-25,000 DWT and VLCC tanker of 180,000-240,000 DWT: (Source: Ministry of Oil)
Iraq Tender for New Tankers
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Iraq to Acquire "Large Fleet" of Oil Tankers
By John Lee. Reuters quotes Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi [Allibi] as saying that Iraq plans to acquire a "large fleet" of oil tankers. Having owned as many as 24 tankers in the 1980s, the state-owned Iraqi Oil Tankers Company's fleet was largely destroyed in the Iraq War in 1991. (Source: Reuters) (Picture credit: Tasnim, […]
Iraq Extends Deadline for Crude Tanker Tender
The Iraqi Oil Tankers Company has extended the deadline for tenders for the purchase or construction of a crude oil tanker to Monday (April 23). The vessel should have a deadweight of at least 6,000 metric tons, and, bizarrely, the tender document states that the year of build should be 2011. According to Bloomberg, the […]