Iran: First Home-Made Aframax Tanker Entering the Final Stage of Construction

Deputy Managing-Director of Iranian Sadra Shipbuilding Company Mehdi Seif announced on Monday, Dec 24th, that construction of the first home-made Aframax cargo ship is in its final stages and the giant vessel will be ready for delivery by March 20, 2013.

In 2007 Venezuela placed an order for 4 Aframax tankers with the capacity of 94,000 tons each and Sadra with some changes made brought vessel’s capacity to 113,000 tons. Iran in July joined the world club of oil tanker producers after launching its first domestically-made 113,000-ton Aframax oil tanker in the Southern waters of the country.

“The first Aframax oil tanker which was built by Iranian experts at Sadra industrial island and at the order of Venezuela is 250 meters long, 44 meters wide and 21 meters high, and has a 14.8 draft,” Managing-Director of Iran Marine Industrial Company (an affiliate of Sadra group of companies) Salman Zarbi said at the time.

Sadra Company had earlier announced that the Aframax oil tanker was worth 52 million euros and was the first of its kind built in the Middle East.

Construction works on the second Aframax are in full swing.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, December 27, 2012