Today, May 26, saw another general purpose, intermediate size chemical and product tanker in port. Yesterday, May 25 it was the Swan Biscay with a delivery for Irving Oil, but today's caller had no cargo for Halifax.
Instead the Thun Vettern anchored in the lower harbour, probably for Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) clearance before sailing on for Trois-Rivières and Montréal.
This is the ship's first call in Canada since it was delivered last year in China, so it is subject to examination for invasive species from Asia before proceeding further into Canadian waters. The ship apparently passed muster, and sailed at noon time.
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou delivered the ship in June of 2024, to owners Erik Thun AB of Sweden. It is a 12,763 gt, 17,945 dwt chemical and product tanker. Built to Ice Class 1A, it is capable of year round work in the North Sea and Baltic. It appears to have twelve tanks, which are epoxy lined, and it is a dual fuel ship (LNG/ LFB or gasoil) with a battery hybrid system, and is set up to plug into shore power. It is assigned to the Gothia Tanker Alliance pool. Its recent movements have been in the Antwerp, Rotterdam, Norway, Sweden and Poland range, sailing from Gdynia May 13.
The Thun Vettern* is one of Thun's Vinga series (all ship's names beginning with "V"), which exemplify the owner's responsible environmental policies. We are reminded of this by the slogan "environmental care with quality" along with a flag logo and the Thun Tankers name emblazoned on the slop tanks. (The interesting flag logo can also be seen on the ship's funnel.)
The ship is managed by Furetank Rederi AB, the Swedish joint venture partner with the Canadian company Algoma Tankers in Furebear. That company ordered ten ice class dual fuel tankers similar in size and specifications to this ship and also for Baltic work in the Gothia Alliance pool. Five ships have been delivered so far and are trading in Europe.
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* Vettern or Vättern,is the largest lake in Sweden