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Brazil’s Vale SA Gets Biggest Ore Carrier

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

May 6, 2011

According to a report from Dow Jones, Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA (VALE, VALE5.BR) said it took delivery of the world's biggest ore carrier, a 400,000 tons capacity vessel built in South Korea by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (042660.SE). The new vessel, named Vale Brasil, is the first of seven ore carriers ordered by Vale from the South Korean shipyard.

 
(Source: Dow Jones)
 

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