Vela International Marine Ltd.'s Virgo Star, the second vessel of four very large crude carriers ordered from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, entered service recently after a naming ceremony at the South Korean shipyard. Mohammad G. Al-Zahrani, Saudi Aramco's executive director of Safety and Industrial Security, presided over the ceremony. Among the more than 55 guests were Daewoo Shipbuilding senior executive vice president W.K. Ki; Saud Bukhari, Vela's Technical and Support Department manager; Majid Al-Sani, Vela's Tanker Construction manager; and Khalid Alhammad, project site manager. The Virgo Star is built to the latest shipbuilding rules and regulations and to Vela's standards of safety, reliability and the environment to ensure the reliable transportation of Saudi Aramco's crude oil to customers, according to a report carried by Saudi Aramco's web-site.
