MISC unit AET takes delivery of first tanker for Petrobras charter


Eagle Petrolina was built at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea where her three sisters are currently under construction and due to be delivered later this year.

KUALA LUMPUR: MISC Bhd’s petroleum shipping unit, AET Tanker Holdings Sdn Bhd (AET), has taken delivery of Eagle Petrolina, the first of four Suezmax dynamic positioning (DP2) shuttle tankers purpose built for long-term charter to Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras).

AET said the tanker, which has a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 152,000, was delivered last Friday.

The vessel would begin its operations by the end of next month, joining the two vessels AET was already operating in the Brazilian Basin for Petrobras, the company said in a statement today.

"Eagle Petrolina was built at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in South Korea where her three sisters (with the same DWT) are currently under construction and due to be delivered later this year,” it said.

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