Arabian Gulf ship operator Oman Shipping Company (OSC) has named two of its new product and chemical tankers – the Muscat Silver and Rustaq Silver – at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea.

OSC will now take delivery of the Muscat Silver as part of a deal which will see 10 MR tankers delivered to the company over the next year.

"The delivery of the Muscat Silver boosts OSC's fleet to 44 ships," said OSC General Manager Wasam Al Najjar.

"This is just the beginning of our expansion too with the next nine ships due to be delivered within 12 months."

The Muscat Silver and Rustaq Silver are both 183 meters long and 32.2 meters wide, with a draft of 19.1 meters.

Each medium range tanker's capacity is 37,900t at the design draft and 49,800t at the scantling draft. They both have a gross tonnage of 29,354t and a net tonnage of 12,195t.