Samho Dream
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The Samho Dream is now under the name of Skopelos propelled VLCC- double hull - crude oil tanker .
history
The ship was built under hull number 1136 at the Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries shipyard in Samho, South Korea . It is one of a larger series of tankers based on the same design. The ship was delivered to Oriental International in December 2002 and commissioned as World Progress under the Liberian flag . In 2004 the ship was sold to Oriole Holding Incorporated and sailed under the Panamanian flag as Neptune until 2008 . Then the ship came to the Samho Shipping Company, which operated it under the flag of the Marshall Islands as Samho Dream .
As a result of the shipping crisis and pirate attacks on the Samho Dream in April 2010 and Samho Jewelry in January 2011, the shipping company ran into financial difficulties. The company was dissolved in 2012. The Samho Dream , which for several months in Dubai rested , was sold in January 2012 to Aeolos management and as Skopelos under the flag of Malta brought back on track.
Pirate attack in April 2010
Somali pirates hijacked the ship on April 4, 2010 in the Indian Ocean around 600 nautical miles east of Somalia . There were 24 seamen , five South Koreans and 19 Filipinos on board . The ship was with a cargo of oil the US oil company Valero Energy Corp worth 170 million US dollars on the trip from Iraq to the United States .
South Korea dispatched a destroyer to the sea area in question , which was part of the multinational military operation against piracy in the Gulf of Aden . The destroyer reached the Samho Dream on April 6, but did not intervene due to the risk to the ship's crew who were in the hands of the pirates. On April 7, the tanker reached the Somali coast off Hobyo .
The pirates initially demanded a ransom of US $ 20 million for the release of the ship and crew. They threatened to blow up the tanker if military means were to attempt to free the ship.
The ship and its crew of 24 were released on November 6, 2010 for a payment of $ 9.5 million, the highest ransom paid to date.
Fears that the tanker could have been used as a base for further pirate attacks on merchant ships were confirmed after the ship's crew members were released.
Technical specifications
The vessel is powered by a MAN B & W - diesel engine (type: 6S90MC-C) with 29,346 kW power driven. The six-cylinder engine was built under license by Hyundai Heavy Industries. It acts on a fixed pitch propeller . The ship thus reaches a speed of around 16 knots .
The deck superstructures are located in the rear of the ship. The ship is equipped with cams that are typical of ships of this width and are set far away from the relatively narrow deckhouse . The cargo holds with a total of 15 cargo tanks are located in front of the superstructure . In the midship area there is a manifold on each side for cargo handling, each of which is equipped with a crane for taking over the hose.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Skopelos , Maritime-Connector.com. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ World Progress , Auke Visser's International Super Tankers. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ Deux "Very Large Crude Carriers" au Havre, les ILMA et ATHENIAN HARMONY (09 & 12.12.2015) , Marine marchande - Quelques nouvelles au quotidien. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ Taken Down , Maritime Security Review, April 28, 2011. Accessed August 1, 2018.
- ↑ Samho Shipping in Receivership , Seatrade Maritime News, April 28, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ A b Crystal Chan: "Troubled" VLCC auctioned off for scrapping , IHS Fairplay, July 29, 2014.
- ↑ Ship-breaking bulletin # 37 , Robin de Bois, October 27, 2014, p. 24 (PDF, 5.9 MB). Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ↑ Pirates hijack Samho Dream off the Somali coast , EU NAVFOR Somalia , April 5, 2010. Accessed April 2, 2018.
- ↑ a b Destroyer nears oil tanker seized by Somali pirates , CNN , April 6, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ↑ Vicki Vaughan: Valero crude oil in hijacked tanker , Houston Chronicle , April 6, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ↑ Samho Dream enters pirates' lair , Seatrade Maritime News, April 8, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ↑ South Korean destroyer releases hijacked supertanker , Spiegel-Online , April 6, 2010. Accessed April 2, 2018.
- ↑ Pirates loot record ransom , Spiegel-Online, November 6, 2010. Accessed April 2, 2018.
- ↑ Somali pirates receive record ransom for ships' release , BBC News , November 6, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ "Samho Dream" used as a pirate base , THB - Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung , September 17, 2010.
- ↑ Crew of Samho Dream say pirates used VLCC to hijack other vessels , Seatrade Maritime News, November 22, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2018.