Kawasaki Shipbuilding delivers one of the largest tankers

Shipping & Shipbuilding News - 29 March 2007 - The Brightest Maritime Daily

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Kawasaki Shipbuilding delivers one of the largest tankers
VLCC TENKI is amongst the biggest to be designed for passage through the Malacca Straits

On 12th March 2007 Kawasakil Shipbuilding delivered the TENKI to Colnago Maritima SA at Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (NACKS) in Nantong, China

The 160,295 grt VLCC was launched on 13th December 2006

She is 333 metres long with a deadweight tonnage of 316,021 tons

Powered by MAN B&W 7S80MC-C type diesel engine she has a speed of 16 knots approx.

She is the largest tanker built by the company according to Kawasaki who also said the vessel features the latest tanker developments, including one of the largest cargo capacities that can pass through the Malacca Straits and enter primary oil tanker berths in Japan. The 333 m long carrier is equipped with Kawasaki’s rudder bulb system with fins (RBS-F) and high-performance propellers for energy-efficient operations.