Two Tankers

 There are two tankers in port today, September 22 - one alongside and one waiting at anchor.

Arriving early this morning the CL Xunjang tied up alongside Imperial Oil's number 3 dock to offload product from Antwerp. 

A typical MidRange tanker of 29,455 gt and 49,727 dwt it was built in 2016 by the little known Sungdong Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd in Tongyeong, South Korea. [The company was renamed HSG Sungdong Shipbuilding in 2020 after investors bought the company out of receivership.] 

Originally named Maersk Torshavn (an interesting Danish/Norwegian name) it was sold in 2020 to Chinese investors but not renamed until 2023 when Tianjun Yuli-I Leasing Ltd became owners, with Nanjing Tanker Corp listed as commercial managers.

The anchored tanker is the now familiar CB Pacific which has been trading back and forth between US ports such as New York, Albany, New Haven and Boston to Halifax and Montreal since February for Irving Oil. It arrived yesterday from Montreal.

 The CB Pacific, built by Jiangsu New Hantong shipbuilding in Yangzhong, China, was delivered in 2020. The 27,250 gt, 37,787 dwt ship is equipped to handle crude oil, clean petroluem products or chemicals in twelve phenolic epoxy coated tanks (plus two slops tanks). The ship is also built to DNV Baltic Ice Class 1B and is fitted with a hybrid exhaust gas scrubber which can be run at zero emissions. As previously noted it has a covered fore deck - a feature rarely incorporated in tankers.

It is due to move alongside Irving Oil's Woodside terminal tomorrow, Monday, September 24. It does not appear to have much, if any, cargo on board, so it may not be in port for very long. (My guess is that it is here for bunkers but that is purely a guess. Current draft is reported at 7.4 meters - we will check its departing draft when that become available.)

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