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Fuel From Russia As Belfast Namesake Tanker Docks in Dublin
#DieselDublin – An oil chemical products tanker loaded with diesel fuel from Russia, docked in Dublin Port yesterday following a week long delivery voyage, writes Jehan Ashmore.
The almost 30,000dwt Maersk Belfast took a northerly route via Scotland and through the North Channel off Belfast Lough, to where the Chinese built vessel (from the Guangzhou Shipyard) had previously made a maiden call to the city in 2010, some five years after her launch. To mark the occasion, Hamilton Shipping agency organized a presentation to the vessel's master.
On this current call to Dublin Port, Maersk Belfast was accompanied by sister tugs, Beaufort and Shackleton to assist the 175 metre long vessel to dock at Oil Berth No. 2. The diesel was discharged at the jetty facility from where the vessel is due to depart tonight.
The call of the Maersk Tankers A/S vessel is not new to Dublin Port, though what will be is next month’s Maersk Line (world’s largest container operator) new Europe-Med ‘feeder’ service as previously reported on Afloat.ie. The service will make direct calls to the Irish capital, a first ever for the Danish owned giant, the Maersk Group.
The new service to be operated by subsidiary Seago Line, will provide a direct service between Liverpool, Dublin and Spanish transhipment hub Algeciras. From the southern Iberian port that is west of Gibraltar, customers will be connected to markets in North Africa and the Mediterranean.
The Seago Line option will compliment Maersk Line’s existing calls to Cork and Rotterdam on the Latin American service launched in recent years.