Tag: VLCC

On the 10th of March, Euronav signed an agreement with UN to sell a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) as part of a wider salvage operation for the FSO Safer vessel in Yemen.

RINA awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) of a first very large crude carrier (VLCC) vessel using an innovative propulsion arrangement that reduces the ship’s resistance by 5-10%. The vessel will meet the IMO targets for 2050 through the use of the ship’s fuel (LNG) combined with hydrogen produced onboard.

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), MTI, and Elomatic Oy have completed the concept design phase of a new capesize bulk carrier and a very large crude oil tanker (VLCC) in a project that aims to build an LNG-fueled vessel that can be efficiently converted to an ammonia-fueled vessel, or ARLFV, an ammonia-fuel ready LNG-fueled vessel.

An Okeanis Eco Tankers’ very large crude carrier was the target of armed drones on October 21, as the vessel had called for loading at the Al-Dabba oil terminal in Ash Shihr, Yemen.

China Classification Society (CCS) announced the delivery and naming ceremony of the first VLCC ever built in China deploying four 40metre rigid wing sails.

A methanol dual fuel 300,000 DWT crude oil carrier (VLCC) has received Approval In Principle (AIP) from Korean Register (KR).

The ship-to-ship transfer (STS) bunkering of the world’s first LNG-fuelled VLCC took place in the port of Pasir Gudang, Malaysia using the Avenir Advantage – PETRONAS’ long term-chartered barge.

Lloyd’s Register, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and MISC via its subsidiary, AET, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development and construction of two very large crude carriers which can be operated on zero-emission fuel.

Two crew-members onboard MT Arafura, a Euronav owned VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) have died, after they were hit by a large wave.

The first LNG dual-fuel VLCC started sea trials before its entry into service. The vessel meets next generation safety and environmental regulations and is an effort by shipowners to meet near-term environmental regulations.