The Shipping Corporation of India on October 10 accepted delivery of a medium range product tanker MT Swarna Kalash. As per report delivery of the vessel was taken by Mr Umesh C Grover director of SCI.

This is the first large commercial vessel acquired by any Indian shipping company from China, which has emerged as one of the largest shipbuilding nations. The vessel is the first of SCI’s two MR product tankers which were being constructed at Jinling Shipyard, a shipyard of repute in China.

Orders for these vessels were placed in December 2006 and the second vessel, i.e. Swarna Pushp is scheduled for delivery to SCI in January 2010.

The vessel has a gross tonnage of 29,845 tonnes and deadweight of 47,878 tonnes. It has been classed with LRS and IRS and built to comply with the latest and most stringent international regulations.

This is the first SCI ship which has been assigned a special Green Passport notation a safe and environmentally-sound approach from the building stage to recycling.

(Sourced from Exim News Service)