Saudi Aramco's Vela Adds Double-Hulled Crude Tanker to its VLCC Fleet

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest state-owned oil company, said a new very large crude carrier entered service with its tanker-operating subsidiary Vela International Marine Ltd.
The Homam Star is Vela’s fourth double-hulled VLCC to be built by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Saudi Aramco said in a statement on its website today. The blue-and-red painted ship joined Vela’s fleet on Dec. 29 and is sailing to Saudi Arabia. It is expected to reach the United Arab Emirates by Jan. 17, AISLive ship-tracking data on Bloomberg show.
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Source: Bloomberg