An item reported that the motor tanker Hallanger built for Norwegian account was to be launched at the shipyard of the Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij. on Friday 27 January at 14.00 o’clock. The edition dated Tuesday 17 April reported that she on next Friday could depart IJmuiden for her trial on the North Sea. She was built for the shipping company Westfal-Larsen&Co. A.S. at Bergen with a cargo capacity of around 13.000 ton.