UBT Ocean

UBT Ocean

Ship data flag  Marshall Islands Ship type Oil / chemical tanker IMO type II Callsign V7TR4 home port Majuro Owner Ugland Brøvig Tankers Shipping company Brovigs Rederi AS Shipyard Zhejiang Dongfang Shipbuilding, Yueqing Build number DF 90-4 Launch September 17, 2008

Ship dimensions and crew length 117.6 m ( Lüa ) 109.6 m ( Lpp ) width 19.0 m Draft Max. 7.5 m measurement 6149 BRZ / 2882 NRZ   crew 21st

Machine system machine 1 x Caterpillar - diesel engine Machine performance 2,970 kW (4,038 hp) Top speed 13 kn (24 km / h) propeller 1 × fixed propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 9224 dw

Others Classifications Bureau Veritas Registration numbers IMO no. 9408360

The UBT Ocean is a tanker owned by the Norwegian shipping company Brøvigtank and sails under the flag of the Marshall Islands . The ship was built in 2009 at Zhejiang Dongfang Shipbuilding in Yueqing . The owner of UBT Ocean is Ugland Brøvig Tankers (UBT) from Singapore , the operating company is Nautictank Pte. Ltd. also from Singapore.

The UBT Ocean was on 5 March 2010 at 6:39 PM UTC by Somali pirates off the coast of Madagascar at 9 °  S , 44 °  O brought under their control. According to the shipping company Brøvigtank, the tanker set course for Somalia. The Norwegian news agency Norsk Telegrambyrå announced that the ship with 21 crew members from Myanmar and a cargo of heavy oil was en route from Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania . According to the shipping company , the Maritime Safety Center in the Horn of Africa (MSC-HOA) was not informed about the voyage of the tanker because it was sailing over 1000 nautical miles south of the Horn of Africa . According to a report from EU NAVFOR Somalia, the ship arrived on March 9, 2010 near the Harardheere pirate nest .

The pirates released the ship from their control on July 20, 2010. A pirate, who himself was called Hassan, said the agency Reuters by phone that they four million dollars would get ransom. An independent verification of this information is not possible.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ship data from Clarkson Research Services Limited
2. ↑ 9000 DWT Oil tanker UBT Ocean built by DF Group. China Dong Fang shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
3. ↑ KOKSTAD: UBT Ocean: far south of the hijack zone Flags of Convenience (accessed March 6, 2010)
4. ↑ ECOTERRA Status of seized vessels and crews in Somalia and the Indian Ocean ( Memento of October 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Australia.to (accessed March 6, 2010)
5. ↑ NATO Shipping Center Counter Piracy Operation Ocean Shield, Somali Piracy Update ( Memento of March 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed March 6, 2010)
6. ↑ Andrew Dobbie: Pirates hijack tanker, head to Somalia, owner says Reuters (accessed March 6, 2010)
7. ↑ NTB-Per Christensen: Kapret norskeid skip styres mot piratfarvann (accessed March 6, 2010)
8. ↑ no author details (March 9, 2010) Hijacked UBT OCEAN Arrives Off Somalia ( Memento of March 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) EU NAVFOR Somalia - Operation Atalanta , Public Affairs Office (accessed March 11, 2010)
9. ↑ (July 20, 2010) Hijacked merchant vessel released. ( Memento of July 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) EU NAVFOR Somalia - Operation Atalanta , Public Affairs Office (accessed April 12, 2011)
10. ↑ (July 20, 2010) Somali pirates release two ships-official , Reuters , July 20, 2010 (accessed April 12, 2011)