Iraqi company restarts operations with new ship
The Iraqi Oil Tanker Co. began sailing the first of three new tankers on order from a Chinese shipyard, allowing the company to re-enter vessel operations after a 27-year hiatus.
According to the Associated Press, the 14,000-ton capacity vessel, named The Dijlah, was inaugurated at the Iraqi port of Basra on Monday. Iraq’s tanker fleet was essentially wiped out by the Iran-Iraq war from 1980 to 1988 and during the first Gulf War in the early 1990s.
The Iraqi Oil Tanker Co. will receive the next two vessels within three months, AP reported.
Iraqi company restarts operations with new ship
