The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (BAHRI) announces that its 80% owned subsidiary company The National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co. (NCC) received in South Korea a new chemical tanker named NCC FAJR.

This vessel built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) is the first of its kind due to its large size with DWT of 75,000 and very high quality standard of specification.

The vessel was contracted with DSME in 2010 for the value of (SAR 247 Million). The financial impact of the delivered tanker on the company revenue will appear from the first quarter of 2014.