Turkey: Besiktas Shipyard Launches New Tanker Named Gobustan

Launching ceremony of new tanker, named Gobustan, took place on August 27, 2011 at Besiktas Shipyard, Yalova (Turkey).

Characteristics:

Type of vessel: Oil tanker

Classification society: Russian Maritime Register of Shipping

Length Over All (LOA): 139.95 M

Extreme breadth: 16.83 M

Depth: 6.0 M

Deadweight / GRT / NRT: 7100/ 4684 / 2273

Cargo tanks total capacity (98%, excluding slop tanks): 7754 M3

Speed, knots 10.5

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Source: palmali, August 30, 2011;