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Hanjin completes first oil tanker made in the Philippines


SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — South Korean shipbuilding giant Hanjin Heavy Industries Corp.- Philippines (HHIC) completed and unveiled the first-ever oil tanker made in the country worth US$ 68 million. Named Leyla K by its Turkish owner Kaptanoglu Shipping Line, the 114,000-deadweight ton tanker is the biggest oil tanker made in the country. Leyla K measures 241.3-meters in length and 44-meters in breadth. The first steel for the ship was cut in November 2008, while its keel was laid in May 2009. The ship was launched last October. "Big league of shipbuilding" Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chairman Feliciano Salonga, who witnessed the recent naming ceremony along with SBMA administrator Armand Arreza and Zambales Gov. Amor Deloso, congratulated Hanjin and the Filipino workers who built the tanker. “Subic Bay Freeport is now in the big league of shipbuilding," Salonga said. The naming ceremony was also attended by HHIC-Philippines president Seung Chil Lee and staff, representatives of the ship classification society Lloyd Register, and officers of the Turkish shipping line Kaptanoglu, headed by Engin Kaptanoglu, who ordered the vessel from Hanjin. Salonga the production of this first oil tanker marks a new era for Subic . “I won’t be surprised if (Hanjin) will start constructing several oil tankers at the same time. Our Filipino workers are getting the hang of shipbuilding, and it won’t be long before Filipino shipbuilders will be famous in this industry," Salonga added. The $1.7-billion Hanjin shipyard in the Subic Bay Freeport is now the world’s fourth largest shipbuilding facility and currently employs 17,000 workers. 36 more vessels by 2012 SBMA records showed that said that as of end-2009, Hanjin has produced eight container and bulk vessels. By 2012, Hanjin is due to deliver 36 more vessels to customers from all over the world. Hanjin started constructing its Subic shipyard on February 2006 and delivered its first product in July 2008 — the 4,300-TEU container ship “Argolikos." Hanjin’s first ship was delivered to the Greek shipping company Dioryx. - TJD, GMANews.TV

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