FROM THE ARCHIVE:
“CATHERINE KNUTSEN” / reg. Haugesund, arriving Rotterdam Europoort, 21 April 2001.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: Shuttle tanker
IMO NO: 8714994
77 389 gt / 43 874 nt / 141 720 mdwt
Delivered from Mitsubishi HI., Nagasaki / Japan (Yard no 2022), in March 1992.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 18/10/1991 – Launched.
- “WILOMI TANANA” from 03/1992 until 1997
- Owned by Mendala III Transport Inc., Monrovia / Liberia (Anders Wilhelmsen & Co., Oslo / Norway)
- “TANANA” from 1997 until 1998
- “WILOMI TANANA” a short period in 1998
- “TANANA” from 1998 until 01/1999
- “CATHERINE KNUTSEN” from 01/1999 until 06/2017
- From 01/1999 – Owned by Knutsen Bøyelaster IX KS (Knutsen OAS Shipping AS.), Haugesund / Norway.
- 1999 – Converted to shuttle tanker in Cadiz / Spain.
- From 05/2017 – Owned by NKD Maritime Ltd., Chelmsford / UK.
- From 05/2017 – Palau flag.
- “CATHERINE” from 06/2017 until breaking.
- 21/07/2017 – Arrived Alang anchorage / India.
- 22/07/2017 – Beached Alang / India (Jai Jagdish Ship Breakers), as her final destination.
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