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Stena Bulk and Teekay expand
collaboration
NAVION GOTHENBURG delivered
after modifications at Dubai Drydocks
The shuttle tanker Navion Gothenburg was delivered yesterday, after
upgrading and
modification*, from the shipyard Dubai Drydocks.
The basic model of the vessel was built at the shipyard Samsung Heavy
Industries in South Korea and is owned on a 50-50
basis and on the same terms by Stena Bulk and the Canadian shipping
company Teekay, one of the three largest oil transporters in the
world.
Immediately after delivery, the Navion Gothenburg will enter a 13-year
charter with Petrobras, the largest oil company in Brazil.
Stena Bulk has been working with Teekay for several years, currently
in the form of six shuttle tankers on long-term charters stationed in
the North Sea and off the Brazilian coast.
The crude oil tanker Navion Gothenburg, a 152,000 dwt Suezmax shuttle
tanker with a double hull and a length of 275 m, is the latest
addition.
“We are very pleased to have expanded our excellent multiyear
collaboration with Teekay and, additionally, to be able to strengthen
our presence in South America with the charter to Petrobras. This will
generate stable revenues on a long-term basis,” comments Ulf G. Ryder,
President of Stena Bulk AB.
* The bows of the tankers are modified to simplify offloading
connections to storage vessels.
A shuttle tanker sails in shuttle traffic between production
facilities at sea, so-called FPSOs
(floating production storage offshore) and refineries ashore.
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