Bach Dang Shipbuilding Industry Corporation handed over a 4,500-cubic-metre ethylene carrier vessel named "King Arthur" to Italian ship owner Mediterranea Di Navigazione on Dec. 21.
This is the first in a series of four vessels the Vietnamese firm has built for the Italian company.
The carrier is the first of its kind made in Vietnam. It is 104 meters long, 16.4 meters wide and 8.4 meters deep. It has a draft of 7.2 meters.
The Bach Dang corporation is focusing on completing a range of products for delivery this year, including a 6,500-ton cargo ship, a 1,700 TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) container ship. It is also building other ships for domestic and foreign buyers.
