Greek headquartered Capital Ship Management Corp. (Capital) announce that they successfully took delivery of the newbuild tanker M/T ‘Akrisios’.
The vessel is a 50,000 deadweight eco-type Chemical/Product MR tanker, which is built by Hyundai Vietnam Shipyard Co Ltd, and the last of six LNG Fuel Ready sister ships with eco-friendly design delivered to Capital in 2023.
The company states that the vesselis assigned with Wind-Assisted Ready and HVSC-Ready notations by ABS.
The HVSC-Ready notation is for vessels equipped with High Voltage Shore Connection systems to be installed in the future, and the Wind-Assist Ready notation refers to vessels equipped with wind-assist equipment to be installed on board.
M/T ‘Akrisios’ has future proof design compliant with EEDI Phase 3 and is annotated with ABS SUSTAIN-1 (2020) that demonstrates adherence to the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Furthermore, the company says that “Being Tier III compliant for reduced NOx emissions, assigned ABS ENVIRO notation, as well as ABS Wind-Assisted Ready, HVSC-Ready and LNG Fuel Ready notations, and equipped with IHM notation for safe recycling, the M/T ‘Akrisios’ becomes one of the most environmentally friendly, technologically advanced and efficient vessels in the global MR fleet.”
