FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“DICTO” / reg. Oslo, moored in Stavanger 18 December 1997, for maintenance and also renaming to “GERRITA” after sale from Aaby, Oslo to Ugland, Grimstad.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: Shuttle tanker (Later reb to FPSO)
IMO NO: 8809921
61 053 gt / 33 885 nt / 109 951 mdwt
Delivered from Ast. Espanoles S.A. Bilbao, Spain (Yard no 278), in July 1990.
Historic details:
- 03/05/1989 – Keel laid
- 25/01/1990 – Launched
- 04/07/1990 – Completed
- “DICTO KNUTSEN” from delivery in 07/1990 until 07/1994
- Owned by K/S Knutsen Aaby Tank (Aaby Shipping Co. AS.), Haugesund / Norway.
- “DICTO” from 07/1994 until 12/1997
- Owned by Knutsen Aaby Tank AS., Oslo / Norway.
- 1994 – Converted to shuttle tanker
- “GERRITA” from 12/1997 until 02/2006
- From 12/1997 – Owned by PR Nordshuttle II DA (Ugland Shipping AS), Grimstad / Norway.
- “FRONT PUFFIN” from 02/2006 –
- From 02/2006 – Owned by Gerrita Ltd. (OSM Ship Management AS.), Valletta / Malta.
- 2006 – Converted to FPSO.
- From 01/2008 – Owned by Frontline FPSO Ltd. (Aibel Pty. Ltd.), Valletta / Malta.
- From 10/2014 – Owned by Puffin Ltd. – Care of Century Energy Services Ltd, Lagos / Nigeria.
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