This is the first time the factory is building oil tankers to stricter technical requirements.
The tankers must be 183 metres long, 32.2 metres wide, 19.4 metreshigh and capable of travelling at 14.5 nautical miles per hour. Theconstruction is scheduled to be complete by mid-2014.
After the global recession in 2012, HVS is now taking orders for tens ofships over the next two years on order to help workers back into stablework.
HVS was started in 1999 as a repairer of ships. It shifted to ship-building in 2008.
To date, the factory has handed over as many as 40 cargo ships, varying in size, to ship owners around the world.-VNA