the neutrality of this article is disputed . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met . february 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message general national maritime transport company type libyan state owned company industry ship owners & ship managers founded 1975 headquarters tripoli libya key people taher.a.maarfi chairman products currently transports crude oil and related products website www.gnmt.com general national maritime transport company more commonly known as gnmtc is a libyan state owned company which was founded in 1975 with a total capital of 1.2 billion libyan dinars . gnmtc is based in tripoli libya with subsidiaries in malta and hong kong . gnmtc trades world wide through its present fleet of various types of vessels which includes crude oil carriers product and chemical carriers and lpg carriers . contents 1 cruise ship 2 current fleet 2.1 suezmax 2.2 aframax 2.3 medium range tankers mr 2.4 handysize 2.5 small size 2.6 lpg 3 former fleet list 4 references 5 external links cruise ship edit on june 4 2010 a letter of intent was signed between stx france and gnmtc to build one 140 000 gross tonnage cruise ship similar to the existing msc cruises fantasia class ships msc fantasia and msc splendida . nominally named phoenicia she was specified by hannibal gaddafi who had a 120 ton shark aquarium integrated into the design . 1 during construction the libyan civil war broke out on 15 february 2011 . in june 2011 stx france cancelled the contract and began looking for a new buyer of the hull . 2 3 it was announced on march 13 2012 that msc had reached an agreement to buy the ship for 550 million euros and be named msc preziosa . 4 current fleet edit gnmtc fleet 5 suezmax edit ship built builder entered service for gnmtc deadweight flag libya 2007 hyundai samho heavy 2008 present 149 950t libyan aisha 2008 samsung heavy industries 2008 present 160 391t libyan barbarosa 2009 hyundai samho heavy 2009 present 164 746t libyan al agila 2009 hyundai samho heavy 2009 present 164 787t libyan aframax edit ship built builder entered service for gnmtc deadweight flag adafera 2004 sumitomo heavy industries 2006 present 105215t libyan alhani 2007 samsung heavy industries 2009 present 114858t libyan aljalaa 2007 sasebo heavy industry 2009 present 115577t libyan alyarmouk 2008 samsung heavy industries 2009 present 105215t libyan ashahda 2004 sumitomo heavy industries 2008 present 105215t libyan badr 2008 samsung heavy industries 2009 present 112679t libyan ebn batuta 2002 hyundai samho heavy 2008 present 112679t libyan intisar 2002 hyundai samho heavy 2008 present 112679t libyan el gurdabia 2002 hyundai samho heavy 2008 present 112679t libyan samraa alkhaleej 2006 samsung heavy industries 2009 present 114858t libyan alqadisia 2008 sasebo heavy industry 2009 present 115000t libyan medium range tankers mr edit ship built builder entered service for gnmtc deadweight flag cartagena 2009 hyundai mipo dockyard 2009 present 46925t libyan maetiga 2009 hyundai mipo dockyard 2009 present 46925t libyan handysize edit ship built builder entered service for gnmtc deadweight flag anwaar afriqya 2004 dalian shipyard china 2008 present 34647.7 t libyan anwaar libya 2004 dalian shipyard china 2008 present 34647.7 t libyan anwaar al khalij 2005 stx shipyard south korea 2009 present 28987t libyan anwaar al naser 2006 stx shipyard south korea 2009 present 28987t libyan small size edit ship built builder entered service for gnmtc deadweight flag mashhouda 1997 daedong shipyard co south korea 1997 present 8955t libyan lpg edit ship built builder entered service for gnmtc deadweight flag attahaddi 1992 kanrei japan 1992 present 4392t libyan tazerbo 1996 kanrei japan 1996 present 3210t libyan former fleet list edit ship built type ship built type ship built type ebn batuta 1977 general cargo ebn jubair 1977 general cargo sirt 1981 general cargo ebn hwakel 1981 general cargo elhashaishi 1982 general cargo eldajazair 1987 general cargo jaref 1987 general cargo sabratha 1968 general cargo ebn majed 1973 general cargo germa 1968 general cargo ghat 1971 ro ro vessels derna 1974 ro ro vessel eltemsah 1970 ro ro vessel essidra 1976 oil tanker ezwetena 1976 oil tanker elbrega 1974 oil tanker ras elanouf 1974 oil tanker um elfroud 1968 oil tanker srier 1974 oil tanker marsa elhrega 1976 oil tanker elgurdabia 1976 oil tanker elhani 1976 oil tanker elfwaihat 1975 oil tanker intisar 1974 oil tanker ain tawerga 1977 oil tanker elrakwa 1977 oil tanker garnata 1972 passenger toletela 1973 passenger hanaa 1972 passenger garyounis 1973 ropax references edit graham smith 16 march 2012 . gaddafi son was building luxury cruise liner with glass tank big enough for six sharks to swim in . daily mail . retrieved 2012 03 16 . http www.bairdmaritime.com index.php option com content & view article & id 7160 libyas gnmtc confirms cruise ship order & catid 71 & itemid 63 http www.marinelog.com index.php option com content & view article & id 987 2011jun00221 & catid 1 latest news & itemid 107 http www.msccruises.co.uk uk en about msc cruises news msc cruises welcomes msc preziosa.aspx gnmtc fleet . external links edit lloyd s list bimco international association of independent tanker owners retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title general national maritime transport company & oldid 647134410 categories tankerscompanies established in 1975companies of libyahidden categories npov disputes from february 2011all npov disputes navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent 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