Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has delivered King Gregory, a 52,000-dwt tanker, to Consolidated Marine Management (CMM), the shipping branch of the Latsis Group. The King Gregory, HMD’s hull no. 2345, is the first of two medium-range (MR), IMO II & III-class oil/chemical tankers contracted by Consolidated in August last year.
‘The ship is equipped with an electronic main engine, a larger diameter propeller, mewis duct and ship-performance monitoring — transmitting data to the office, including but not limited to the monitoring of daily and specific fuel oil consumption and, hence, CO2 emissions, the trim of the ship, and other key data – to help ensure the optimum performance,’ Kostas Vlachos, Consolidated’s Chief Operating Officer said.
Ballast Water Treatment and STS Operations
The owners decided to install a ballast water treatment system supplied by Ocean Saver, the first system to be installed in an MR type tanker with deep-well cargo pumps. The ship also complies with all Exxon Mobil 2010 mandatory requirements and others that are strongly recommended, including those for STS operations (for the ship-to-ship transfer of oil at sea) such as vapour-emission control systems, certified cranes for personnel transportation and oil-water separators certified for 5ppm.
It is estimated that the ship’s daily fuel consumption in the ballast condition with a speed 12.5 knots will not be more than 17.5 metric tons (MT), while the consumption in laden condition at a speed 13 knots will be less than 19.5 MT.
King Gregory has now started a three-year time charter with Cargill.
Picture: The naming ceremony is here (CMM’s Kostas Vlachos stands third from right)
