The second Iran-made giant oil tanker (of Aframax class) was delivered to Venezuela as the Latin American state’s President Nicolas Maduro is on a visit to Tehran.

MohammadSadegh Razmi from Roydad Naft Reprted- The oil tanker was delivered to the Venezuelan customer during a ceremony in Sadra shipbuilding yards in Southern Iran on Friday.

Iranian President Ebrahim Rayeesi and Maduro used a video conference link to watch the ceremony from the Iranian capital Tehran.

Sadra company’s directors and Venezuelan officials also exchanged documents needed for the delivery of the ship in the presence of Rayeesi and Maduro.

Sadra is a subsidiary of Iran’s elite military force, the IRGC, and its shipbuilding yards are based along the Persian Gulf coast in Bushehr province.

Sadra’s CEO Ali Zareyee said building a third and fourth Aframax tankers by the company, which have reportedly been ordered by Venezuela, will begin soon.

Aframax is an oil tanker with a deadweight between 80,000 and 120,000 metric tons (mt). This is a second such tanker delivered by Iran to Venezuela as part of arrangements between the two countries to counter American sanctions targeting their oil sectors.

The tanker delivered to Venezuela on Saturday can carry 113,000 mt or 750,000 barrels of oil. The 250-meter-long vessel is equipped with a 21,000 horsepower engine and three diesel generators that are capable of producing 900 kilowatts of electricity.