Turkey: Akdeniz Shipyard Starts Sea Trials for Pallas Shipping´s New Tanker MT Pallas

September 30, 2011

New tanker MT PALLAS yesterday started sea trials, Pallas Shipping´s new tanker MT Pallas that was ordered at Akdeniz Shipyard was launched to everyone´s delight on August 29. The vessel was then towed to the yard berth where the final adjustments, etc. will be implemented before the test drive takes place.

Delivery will take place October 5. Then begin the M/T Pallas its maiden voyage from Turkey to Sweden where she should go into charter for the oil company Topoil AB.

Akdeniz shipyard in the Mediterranean, south of Turkey Ceyhan-Yumurtalik total area of 175,000 m², the shipbuilding and repair / maintenance services was established in 2007 to give. As of the moment capacity of the private sector in Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean area and the project is the largest shipyard. Ships and maritime labor and 35 years of experience in the field of wind AkbaşoğluGroup Shipyard sails the Mediterranean region has led towards the goal of leadership in the shipbuilding industry.

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Source: akdenizshipyard, September 30, 2011