Piri (1994)

Piri was an Aframax oil tanker. She was built as Torben Spirit in 1994 at the Onomichi shipyard in Japan and registered in the Bahamian port of Nassau.[1] In December 2012, the vessel was renamed Piri and registered in Saint Kitts and Nevis, whereupon it was sailed to Bangladesh for scrap,[2][3] arriving 30 December 2012.[4]

A view of the transom of the Torben Spirit showing her name and home port.

Piri
Torben Spirit at anchor in Singapore
History
Name: Torben Spirit
Owner: VSSI Atlantic Inc.
Operator: Teekay Shipping Corporation
Port of registry:  Bahamas
Builder: Onomichi Zosen K.K.
Yard number: 371
Launched: 1994
Out of service: December 2012
Identification:
 
Name: Piri
Port of registry:  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Renamed: December 2012
Identification:
Fate: Sold for scrap, December 2012
General characteristics
Type: Oil tanker
Tonnage:
Length: 244.8 m (803 ft)
Beam: 41.2 m (135 ft)
Draft: 14.418 m (47.30 ft)
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity: Oil: 117,652 m3 (740,010 bbl)

References

  1. "Torben Spirit (171495)". Shippingdatabase.com. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  2. "Piri". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  3. Lillestolen, Trond (11 January 2013). "End of the road for even more old Zodiac capesizes". Tradewinds News. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  4. "GMS Port Report" (PDF). GMS Weekly. 126 (550). 4 January 2013.

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