Three More Ships Join the Frontline

Dazed officials at Hyundai and Daewoo sacrificed some of their beauty sleep recently to launch three ships in the middle of the night. The unusual ceremony was conducted by spotlight to coincide with an evening jamboree organized by the Swedish company Frontline, the owners of the 167,000 dwt OBO carriers. Guests at the party in Stockholm were invited to view the launching by satellite – an innovative spectacle according to those present. The Frontline party viewed the ceremony at 8pm Swedish time, while the Koreans were launching the ships at around 2am. Frontline director Bo Pernemar told Marine Money, “The ships will probably enter service in April or early May, but no firm employment plans have yet been decided. An interesting feature of the ships is that they all have double hulls and double skins to take account of the environmental considerations.”

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