Africa-Press – Angola. Sonangol officially received, this Tuesday, in the city of Mokpo, South Korea, the second Suezmax type oil tanker with a capacity of one million barrels of oil, increasing the fleet from 10 to 11 ships.
Named after “Njinga Mbande”, sovereign of the Kingdom of Ndongo and Matamba, the tanker was built by the company Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries.
For the vessel’s godmother, the choice fell to the First Lady of the Republic, Ana Dias Lourenço, who, in compliance with the ritual dictated by the ancient tradition of sailors, threw champagne onto the hull of the vessel. ship, cut the ribbon on the bridge and sounded the first horn three times, symbolizing the cry of a baby’s birth.
Sonangol Njinga Mbande is the second in an order for two ships of the same line, after the “Kulumbimbi”, received last April, also with the capacity to transport one million barrels of oil.
Also according to the document, the fact that it is the first oil tanker operated entirely by an Angolan crew, captained by Anastácio Calunga, who, the day before, received a bust of Queen Jinga, is enshrined in the history of national maritime navigation.
The new vessel, under the management of Sonangol’s Trading and Shipping Unit, has already started its first commercial venture.
In addition to First Lady Ana Dias Lourenço, the Secretary of State for Mineral Resources, Jânio Corrêa Victor, the president of the Board of Directors of Sonangol, Gaspar Martins and the CEO of Hyundai H.Shin, also participated in the ceremony.
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