This could become a series with a title that sounds a bit like a professional association. Maybe I should create a shingle saying so, at least while I’m contractually bound to redefine my personal gallivanting.
Atlantic Sky has taken on that rough and rusty ACL signature look of the previous generation of their CONROs.
Name those Moran tugs?
Yes, Elka is indeed astir and rotating out to sea…
…with assistance from Miriam Moran and Mary Turecamo.
Finally, from a certain Sindbad, a vessel “built on purpose,” rather than –say–without same, or at random . . . maybe? If you’re new to this blog, you might check previous posts on vessel names . . . here.
The design on the external tank suggests this is a dragon ship, but the Grenadier #Built on Purpose seems to allude to an entirely different machine. I’m confused. Misdirection going on here maybe?
All photos except the last one, WVD, who’s northbound again on fresh water in the lengthening darkness.
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August 26, 2023 at 1:50 pm
William Lafferty
So … INEOS Intuition is a Dragon 27500 design LPG/LNG carrier built 2016 at Qidong by Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co., Ltd. for Xiangrui International Ship Lease Co., Ltd., Hong Kong, one of several Dragon designs built for the firm exclusively to haul American shale gas that was, and I guess still its, a big deal. It is chartered by INEOS Group, Ltd., a London-based chemical concern. However, INEOS is also into consumer products, and the “Grenadier” applies the off-road SUV it builds through its subsidiary INEOS Automotive, Ltd., which is “built on purpose.” Lately the vessel has been sporting advertising for another INEOS brand, esteemed British clothier Belstaff, makers of clothing “built for life.” Each of those hash tags is a play on words concerting the respective products. Here is the vessel hawking clothing and “shale gas for jobs:”
https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/3612228?navList=latestPhotos18
August 26, 2023 at 5:59 pm
tugster
William– Thx for clarifying that. When I googled INEOS, I wondered why I was getting such disparate product information. Now I know why.