DaeSun Shipbuilding Delivers MR2 Product Tanker, South Korea

Navios Acquisition, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Orion, a new building MR2 product tanker of 49,999 dwt, was delivered on March 22, 2013 from Dae Sun Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. shipyard in South Korean.

Vessel Particulars:

DWT (mt) / 49,999

Draft (m) / 13.076

LOA (m) / 183.0

Beam (m) / 32.242

Cubic Capacity @ 98% incl slops 52,593 cbm

Vessel Type MR2 Chemical/Product Tanker

IMO No. 9459084

Flag / Panama

Class / NKK

Established in 1945, Dae Sun Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. has since played an important role in the medium shipbuilding industry in Korea. Situated at the center of the port of Busan, which provides optimum geographical advantages the shipyard has built over 480 ships of various types including:

• Container Ships: nominal capacity up to 2,500 TEU
• Tankers: Oil and Chemicals Tanker up to DWT 40,000
• Bulk Carriers: Nominal capacity up to DWT 40,000
• MPC & General Cargo Ships: All types of vessel up to DWT 30,000
• RO/RO Ships: Various types of RO/RO Ships up to DWT 10,000

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, March 26, 2013