On June 29, Primorsk Shipping Corporation (PRISCO) took delivery of the Zaliv Aniva tanker from Hyundai Heavy Industries Offshore (S.Korea, part of Hyundai Corporation). The vessel is the last of the series consisting of six Aframax tankers, PRISCO press center reports.
Unlike other vessels of the series this tanker and the previous one were fitted with bow loading machine, which was designed for oil loading from offshore terminals. 244-meter long and 42-meter wide Zaliv Aniva can carry 103,000 tonnes of crude oil.
Other two vessels of the series, Zaliv Baikal and Zaliv Vostok, can carry not only oil but light oil products as well.
The series consists of double hull vessels with 1 C Ice Reinforcement, according to DNV classification, making the vessels capable of working in freezing seas.
As of today PRISCO fleet consists of 19 tankers with total deadweight of 1,781,647 tonnes.
According to the company’s fleet renovation program, PRISCO took delivery of 7 newbuildings with total deadweight of 569,000 tonnes in 2009. In the same period the company sold three 15-y.o. tankers thus decreasing average age of PRISCO fleet to 2 years.
The company’s authorized capital totals RUR 796.392 mln divided into 796.392 mln ordinary shares with nominal value of RUR 1 each. Ice class vessels including large-capacity ones equipped for operation in freezing seas conditions make up the core of the сompany’s fleet.