Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) today has acquired a state of the art and its first modern double hull oil tanker named “QUETTA”.

The M.T. Quetta is a May 2003, Japanese built, 107,215 metric tonnes deadweight, double hull, Aframax crude oil tanker. The vessel has been purchased from M/s Stena Snowdrops of Bermuda, a concern of Stena Bulk (Sweden).

The M.T. Quetta has heralded a new era in PNSC, an era of renewed commitment to modernization, development and strengthening of PNSC.

PNSC has been progressively growing over the years and M.T. Quetta is amongst the first of many things to come in furthering this growth. Extensive plans are underway for modernization of PNSC fleet with modern and versatile ships that can serve well Pakistan’s trade.