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Maran Tankers takes delivery of second LNG-powered VLCC

By LNG Prime Staff
Maran Tankers takes delivery of second LNG-powered VLCC
Image: Maran Tankers Management

Maran Tankers Management, the oil tanker unit of Greece’s Angelicoussis Shipping Group, has taken delivery of its second LNG dual-fuel very large crude carrier (VLCC).

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries handed over the 320,500-dwt, Maria A. Angelicoussis, named after the wife of the group’s founder, Antonis I. Angelicoussis, on February 15, according to a social media post by Maran Tankers.

Last month, Maran Tankers took delivery of its first LNG-powered VLCC, Antonis I. Angelicoussis.

Maran Tankers said the vessels were designed to be both “highly efficient and environmentally friendly”.

Maran Tankers takes delivery of second LNG-powered VLCC
Image: Maran Tankers Management

According to its website, Maran Tankers operates 52 vessels and has two more Greek-flagged VLCCs on order at Samsung Heavy.

The firm ordered in total four LNG dual-fuel VLCCs at the Korean shipbuilder back in February 2021.

VesselsValue data shows that it paid about $104 million for each vessel that have MAN ME-GI propulsion and type C tanks.

Maran Tankers takes delivery of second LNG-powered VLCC
Image: Maran Tankers Management

Maran Tankers expects to take delivery of the two other LNG-powered VLCCs, Maran Danae and Maran Dinoe, in March and June this year, respectively.

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