MV Sorocaima
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MV Colon—earlier Arita and Sorocaima—is a crude oil tanker of the Venezuelan PDVSA.
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Owner | Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. |
Port of registry |
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Builder | SADRA, Iran |
Yard number | 85505 |
Launched | 24 July 2012 |
In service | 2018–present |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Aframax |
Tonnage | |
Length | 250 m (820 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 44 m (144 ft 4 in) |
Height | 21 m (68 ft 11 in) |
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Launched in 2012 by Iranian shipyard SADRA in Bushehr, it was the first Aframax built in the country, as well as the largest ship ever produced in the whole Middle East.[1]