Taking over vessel by PNSC MT (Motor Tanker) Bolan

MT Abbey Road (new name : MT Bolan)  / Built 2013 / DWT 74919

IMO:  9594884
MMSI:  463064101
Call Sign:  AQQT
Flag:  Pakistan [PK]
AIS Vessel Type:  Tanker
Gross Tonnage:  42411
Deadweight:  74919 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme:  228m × 32.26m
Year Built:  2013
Status:  Active

Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) has acquired a pair of South Korean-built coated LR1 tankers from Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime, according to brokers.

PNSC take over the ship at KHOR FAKKAN anchorage as per ship AIS (Automatic Identification System) on 25 March 2019.

Allied Shipbroking reports that PNSC has forked out $60.7m for 2012-built Kings Road and 2013-built Abbey Road, both constructed at STX Offshore & Shipbuilding. MSI values the pair at $56.4m, valuing Kings Road at $26.8m and Abbey Road at $29.6m.

PNSC currently has a fleet of nine vessels, made up of five bulk carriers and four Japanese Aframax tankers.

MT Shalamar is soon going to add in current fleet.

Good news:

PNSC is going to buy fourth oil tanker which will be named SHALAMAR. Don't confused with the old MT Shalamar which was acquired in 2003 and scraped in 2007.

MT Shalamar

1981

2003-2007

Oil Tanker

54474 GRT

[30]

Scrapped in 2007

Built in Sanoyas Mizushima Works & Shipyard Kurashiki, Japan

This tanker is also going to buy from greek ship company named samos steamship. This company have 14 foreign going (FGN) tankers. The ship named Ambelos is now soon going to replaced by the Shalamar. Ambelos have the following 

IMO: 9336842

MMSI: 309884000

Call Sign: C6VS8

Flag: Bahamas (BS)

AIS Type: Tanker

Gross Tonnage: 55894

Deadweight: 105315 t

Length × Breadth: 228.6m ×42.04m

Year Built: 2006

Owner	NAFSIKA MARITIME SA
Category	Oil Carrier
Size	Aframax
Built	Sumitomo / Japan
Year Built	2006
DWT	105315 M/T
L X B X D (m)	228.6 X 42.00 X 21.50
Full Load Draught (m)	14.78
Flag	Bahamas
Classification	LR
I.M.O. Nr	9336842
M/E:	B&W 6S60MC-C
D/G:	3x DAIHATSU 6DK-20
Cargo Segregations	3
Double Hulled	Yes
No. of Cargo Tanks	13 (Slop Tanks included)
No. of Ballast Tanks	12
98% Capacity (m3)	114719
Cargo Tank Coating	Yes Partial
Coiled	Yes
Cargo Pumps	3 Centrifugal steam turbine
COW	Yes
IGS	Yes
VECS	Yes

Knock Nevis

In terms of dead-weight and physical volume The Knock Nevis is the largest ship ever built. This supertanker has an overall length of 458.45 m (1,504 ft) and a draft of 24.6m (81ft) when fully loaded. The vessel is so large that she is unable to navigate the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama canal. The hold could contain four replicas of St Paul’s cathedral simultaneously. The ship takes 5.5 miles to draw to a halt and requires a turning circle of over 2 miles.