China’s Supertanker Completed in Guangdong
China’s largest self-developed supertanker named Xinpuyang was completed in Nansha port of Guangdong province.
China’s largest self-developed supertanker was completed in south China’s Guangdong Province and has already set sail. The 333-meter-long and 60-meter-wide oil tanker, named Xinpuyang, was designed and built by the Guangzhou Longxue Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and the Marine Design and Research Institute of China.
The tanker was handed over to the buyer, China Shipping (Group) Company, in Nansha Port in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, said a spokesman of Longxue on January 29. The tanker is designed to have a service speed of 15.7 knots (equal to 30 km per hour) with a loading capacity of 308,000 tonnes of crude oil.
The ship is equipped with satellite navigators, radar and a monitoring alarm system. China is the third largest oil importer in the world and 80 percent of its oil transport relies on foreign tankers.
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