On February 7, Zhejiang Changhong International Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Changhong International) kicked off construction of a 115,000 DWT product/crude oil tanker for the shipowner Pro Tanker Investment Co., Ltd. with an steel cutting ceremony at the Daishan Changhong processing workshop.
It is understood that the vessel is a new generation LR2/Afra tanker developed by CIMC Ocean Engineering Design & Research Institute (CIMC ORIC) based on the latest specifications and rules.
The vessel has a total length of 249.9 meters, a beam of 44 meters, a depth of 21.5 meters, a structural draft of 15.2 meters and a maximum deadweight tonnage of 115,000 tons.