Ship to ship

A ONE-off ship to ship transfer took place overnight on Sunday at Sullom Voe when the Bahamas registered Navion Hispania transferred a cargo of oil to the Liberian registered Zaliv Vostok.

Acting harbour master at Sella Ness, Colin Reeves, said normally oil is transferred from Russian ice-breaking tankers making their way to Shetland north of Norway to conventional tankers suited to deep sea journeys.

The weekend transfer involved a cargo of crude oil from the North Sea, which has never happened before.

“This is the first North Sea ship to ship transfer we have done here. I suspect it’s unusual circumstances so I don’t think it’s part of a new trade that we can expect more of,” Reeves said.

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