Lloyd’s Register EMEA has commemorated the delivery of the world’s first tanker built to Common Structural Rules – CSR – for the Dubai-based, ETA Star Group.
To mark the delivery, John Curley, Lloyd’s Register EMEA’s Senior Vice President, Marine, for Middle East and Africa, presented a certificate to Syed M. Salahuddin, Managing Director of ETA Star Group, at an event in Dubai on July 17.
Abu Dhabi Star
The 183 metre, 51,069 metric tonnes deadweight, double-hull oil tanker, Abu Dhabi Star was built at STX Shipyard in South Korea and delivered to ETA Star Group on February 25, 2008.
CSR
The Common Structural Rules for tankers and bulk carriers, based on global best technical practice and aimed at creating a new generation of more robust and safer ships, were unanimously adopted by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) Council for implementation on April 1, 2006.
Abu Dhabi Star is the first of four CSR tankers to be delivered to the ETA Star Group by STX. The group already operates and manages a fleet of 35 oil tankers and bulk carriers, and has a newbuilding order book for a further 40 ships, equivalent to 3.7m dwt.
Source: https://www.lr.org/News+and+Events/Lloyds+Register+EMEA+marks+delivery+of+the+first+of+a+new+class+of+safer+more+robust+tankers.htm[Lloyd’s Register]
