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Thome Group News

Leading from the front

By Ranga Prakash C, Fleet Group Manager

Thome Ship Management recently took delivery of three product/chemical Medium Range (MR)
tankers from STX Offshore & Ship building Co. Ltd., Jinhae, Korea shipyard on behalf of

Frontline 2012 Ltd. These product tankers are designed and built to run fuel efficiently and

with ‘green’ ships notation (environmentally friendly).

Under the able command of Capt M shall also be monitoring the commercial handling as required by the Type II & III

Predovan & Chief Engineer Mr P Chobanov management.
tankers and are in full compliance with
on 4th Dec 2013, Thome took over the navigation by ECDIS. Main engine is a The MR tankers each have a deadweight

delivery of the vessel Front Avon from STX MAN B&W 6S50ME-B9.2 (NOX TIER II) of 50,000dwt with a length of 175.9m, a
offshore & shipbuilding yard, Jinhae, and designed to develop 7,260 KW @99 breadth of 32.2m and a draft of 19.10m as

Korea. After delivery, she loaded palm oil RPM power. The vessels are fitted with 3 x well as a service speed of about 14.5knots.
from Malaysia and discharged successfully 6L23/30H – G02 – MCO 960KW The vessels are IMO Type II & III tankers

in Rotterdam in sub-zero temperatures. The @900RPM aux engines to cater for the and designed/certified to carry Marpol
second vessel Front Dee was taken over on power requirement. These vessels’ engine & Annex I & Annex II cargoes as per the

3rd Jan, 2014 from the same yard. She hull are designed and built to deliver the certificate of fitness listed cargoes. Their
loaded vegetable oil from Malaysia for best fuel efficiency in this category resulting construction has been supervised and
discharging in Rotterdam around 22nd Feb in very good emission control standards and controlled by the Frontline site team in STX

2014. The 3rd vessel for Thome Ship friendliness to the environment.
Jinhae. Sea trails for these vessels were
Management is scheduled to be delivered on successfully completed approximately 15 During the sea trials and also in the

14th Feb 2014 from STX Ship building, days before their scheduled delivery dates. voyages after delivery – these vessels were
Jinhae, S Korea. She completed her sea They are flagged under the Marshall Islands found to perform very well. Speed and

trials and is going through ISM/ ISPS and classed with DNV.
consumption results are as per the
audits. These vessels are commercially specification. We wish the Owner and the The ships are equipped with Framo

operated by Scorpio and V.Ships Glasgow
vessels all the very best and safe sailing.
pumps for the effective stripping & cargo

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