Fortum Orders Pair of 25,000-DWT Chem Tankers

Thursday, June 21, 2001

Finnish energy group Fortum said on Thursday it had ordered two new 25,000 deadweight-ton chemical tankers from the Chinese Jinling shipyard for an undisclosed sum.

Fortum said the double-hulled tankers, part of its 26-vessel fleet, would be used mainly in the Baltic and North Seas and would be delivered in 2003.

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