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MUREX (4)

Submitted by Kees Helder on Mon, 01/29/2018 - 21:12
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Completed 1995 as "MUREX" for STASCo. 2004 sold to Knightsbridge Tankers and renamed Camden. 2010 sold to Titan Ocean Singapore and renamed Titan Venus. 2012 sold for conversion into the a floating storage production and offloading unit and renamed Jade Palms. 2017 sold for scrapping Chittagong.

Also known as
Camden
Titan Venus
Jade Palms
IMO number
9077848
Call sign
ELRK4 / MWSS6
Construction number
5091
Tonnage
298.306 ton
Beam
58m
Length overall
332m
Year of construction
1995
Year of renaming/broken up
2017
Service for Shell
1995 to 2004
Cargo
Crude
Class
M-Daewoo class 298.000 ton
Flag state
Isle of Man
Home port
Douglas
Manager
Shell International Trading and Shipping Co. / STASCo
Shipyard
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo South Korea
Status
Sailing / Sailed for Shell Trading and Shipping Company / STASCo
Related tankers
MACOMA (3)
MAGDALA (3)
MEGARA (3)
MYRINA (2)
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Comments

Submitted by Robin Campbell-... on Fri, 04/21/2017 - 12:19

Sailors

Name Job Period Details
Raymond Laws steward 1995 cook steward, maiden voyage, okpo-gulf- p. bukom
Willem Klein sgpo 1995
Verner Haidak electro technical officer 1996 to 2000
David Gowns chief engineer 1997
William Paul Baker 2nd engineer 1997 to 2004
Rhoel O. Alba 3rd officer 1998 to 1999
Peter Reemeyer 3rd engineer 1998
Vedran Kolanovic chief officer 1998 to 1999
Alexander Hazevoet cadet 1998
Peter Mann 3rd engineer 1998 to 1999
Matthew Tiffany cadet 1999
Martin Schuurs supernumerary 1999
Terry Crook chief engineer 2001
Iftikhar Ahmad chief officer 2001 to 2010 c.off
Muhammad Arshad cadet 2001 to 2004 cadet, 4th engineer
Robin Campbell-... chief engineer officer 2001 to 2002
David Beeston chief engineer 2002 to 2003
Zdenko Slade 1 2nd engineer 2003
Robin Campbell-... chief engineer officer 2003 to 1904 Ship handed over to new owners at Malta, march 2004
Efren Montealegre Jr able seaman 2003
Jonathan Wilson 2nd marine officer 2003
M. Nouman Noor 3rd officer 2004 to 2005

Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
04/21/2017 - 12:19 Robin Campbell-...

Prior to handing the ship over to its new owners in March 2004 she spent 3 months in Sembawang shipyard Singapore fitting a new Main Engine Bed plate due to the original developing cracks in the bearing housings similar to those found in Myrina where the bed plate was changed 2001.