TI Oceania

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Name: TI Oceania
Owner: Overseas Shipholding Group
Launched: 2002
Completed: 2002
Status: Active In Service
General characteristics
Type: Ultra Large Crude Carrier (V-Plus)
Tonnage: 234006 GT[1]
Length: 1,245 feet (379 m)[1]
Draft: 24.525 metres (80.46 ft)[2]
Capacity: 441585 DWT[1],3,166,353 barrels (503,409,900 l)[2]

The TI Oceania (formerly the Hellespont Fairfax) is one of the four largest double-hulled supertankers in the world.[3] The oil tanker was constructed by shipping company Hellespont in South Korea's Daewoo yard in 2002. The ship was bought in 2004 by the Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) and renamed the TI Oceania. OSG also bought the sister ship Hellespont Tara and renamed it to TI Africa. The other two sister ships, Hellespont Alhambra and Hellespont Metropolis, are now owned by Euronav NV, a Belgian shipowner, and have been renamed , TI Asia, and TI Europe.

The four tankers are notable for being built to a high specification. For example, their relatively high service speed (16.5 knots laden, 17.5 knots in ballast) increases their earning capacity and provides charterers with greater operational flexibility. The steel scantlings are greater than the class minimum. Efforts are also made to extend the life of coatings in the ballast tanks. This is helped by the double-scrubbing system supplying drier inert gas to the ballast tanks, and also by the white hull reflecting the sun’s energy. Keeping down the cargo temperatures also minimizes hydrocarbon emissions[citation needed].

As Hellespont Fairfax, the ship was the subject of an episode of The Science Channel's television show Superships, entitled "Launching a Leviathan—Hellespont Fairfax".

Statistics:

  • Year Built: 2002
  • Type: ULCC (Ultra-large crude carrier)
  • Gross: 234,006
  • Net: 162,477
  • Dwt: 441,585 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
  • Length: 380 m (1,245 feet)
  • Breadth: 68 m (223 feet)
  • Depth: 34 m (112 feet)
  • Draught: 24.5 m (80 feet)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d United States Coast Guard, 2008.
  2. ^ a b Tankers International, 2008.
  3. ^ A single hulled supertanker, the Knock Nevis, with 564,763 metric tons of deadweight (DWT), is the largest ship ever built, but it has been permanently moored

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