Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd &lt;MITH.T> said it began building the worlds most advanced energy-saving tanker which consumes only 48 tonnes of fuel oil a day. Construction of the 258000 dwt VLCC (very large crude carrier) Nisseki Maru for &lt;Tokyo Tanker Co Ltd> a shipping arm of Nippon Oil Co Ltd &lt;NPOL.T> is expected to be completed in April 1988. It would run on the Japan/Gulf route a company statement said. The statement gave no other details. Mitsubishi Heavy last year finished building a vlcc of similar size but which consumed 57 tonnes of fuel a day.
MITSUBISHI HEAVY BUILDS ENERGY-SAVING TANKER