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
NameTorben Spirit
OwnerVSSI Atlantic Inc.
OperatorTeekay Shipping Corporation
Port of registry Bahamas
BuilderOnomichi Zosen K.K.
Yard number371
Launched1994
Out of serviceDecember 2012
Identification
NamePiri
Port of registry Saint Kitts and Nevis
RenamedDecember 2012
Identification
FateSold for scrap, December 2012
General characteristics
TypeOil tanker
Tonnage
Length244.8 m (803 ft)
Beam41.2 m (135 ft)
Draft14.418 m (47.30 ft)
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
CapacityOil: 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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