Bahri Ships to Fly Saudi Arabia’s Flag
Bahri has revealed that it plans to register all of its 37 VLCCs under the flag of Saudi Arabia by the end of 2017.
According to MANA, Bahri’s fleet of VLCC, 19 are registered under the Kingdom’s national flag, with the remaining 18 split between Bahamas and Liberia.
Bahri said the decision to move its entire fleet of VLCCs under the fleet of Saudi Arabia falls in line with the shift and growth the transportation sector in the Kingdom has witnessed in the recent past.
Last February, Amjad, the 37th VLCC to join Bahri’s fleet, arrived in the Kingdom, docking at Port of Ras Tanura near Dammam, in the Eastern Province, where it was officially registered under the Saudi flag by officials from the Ministry of Transport and Public Transport Authority (PTA) in Saudi Arabia.