Israel’s first oil tanker, the S.S. Yarkon, left the port of Fireas, Greece, today for Odessa to pick up a cargo of Soviet oil, the owners of the vessel announced here today.
The 10, 000 ton vessel, formerly the Panama vessel S.S. Emile, will make semi-monthly runs between Tel Aviv and Odessa. It is expected that the cost of transporting the oil in an Israel-owned tanker will be lower than in vessels of other nations.
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