Oman Shipping names two new tankers

Oman Shipping Company (OSC) has performed the naming ceremony for two new product and chemical tankers, Muscat Silver and Rustaq Silver.

The ceremony took place at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea. OSC will take delivery of Muscat Silver as part of a deal which will see 10 MR tankers delivered over the next year. All the vessels will be chartered to Shell International Trading and Shipping Co for its Project Silver, which consists of 50 newbuilds. They will each operate worldwide with 20-strong crews, including a number of Omani officers.

Muscat Silver and Rustaq Silver are both 183m in length and 32.2m wide. They each have deadweight capacity of 37,900 tonnes at the design draught.

OSC general manager Wasam Al Najjar, said: “The delivery of Muscat Silver boosts OSC’s fleet to 44 ships. This is just the beginning of our expansion too with the next nine ships due to be delivered within 12 months. Entering into new joint venture agreements to expand our fleet is the key to OSC’s ongoing business development.”

OSC will provide ship management services for both vessels via its subsidiary Oman Ship Management Company.