GENERAL
A group of investors ordered on 28.08.2007 four product tankers of 19'000 mt dwt (IMO class II Oil/chemical tanker) from the shipyard Yangfan Group Co. Ltd., Zhoushan, province of Zhejiang, P.R. of China. These tankers are double-hulled and are ice-classed. The double hull gives smooth surfaces in the entire cargo tanks, making drainage and tank washing much easier. The propulsion is by a diesel engine from MaK, Kiel, belonging today to the US company Caterpillar Inc. The 4 tankers are:
| Hull No. | Planned Names | New Names |
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| 2005 | OSTTANK NORWAY (in service) | ADFINES SEA (will be renamed) |
| 2006 | OSTTANK SWEDEN (planned) | ADFINES STAR (as registered) |
| 2007 | OSTTANK FINLAND (planned) | ADFINES SKY (as registered) |
| 2008 | OSTTANK HOLLAND (planned) | ADFINES SUN (as registered) |
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It was the intention to register the four vessels in the International Registry of Madeira, Portugal, however only the first Ship, OSTTANK NORWAY was registered in Madeira and put into service by their managers Seaarland Hamburg at begin of 2011.
Adfines Tank took over this 4 Product Tankers in 2011/2012 and ABCmaritime, Nyon, Switzerland was appointed as technical and as commercial managers. The latin "ad fines" in English "at the border" is the origin of the name of the Swiss community of Pfyn in the Canton of Thurgovia, see also Wikipedia under "Pfyn" *).
First the non completed ships were taken over by Adfines Tank and put into service. First the ADFINES STAR, then the ADFINES SUN were taken over during November 2011 and the ADFINES SKY followed in early December 2011.
As the last one the OSTTANK NORWAY, already several months in service with a charterer in Argentina changed hands on 02.02.2012 in Buenos Aires.
ADFINES SKY
The ADFINES SKY (hull No. 2007), which should have been named OSTTANK FINLAND, was the third Tanker taken over in the shipyard on 28.11.2011 and registered under Malta flag (registered owner: Icetank Twenty-Three Shipping Corp., Monrovia, Liberia), IMO/official No: 9580986, call sign: 9HA2926. First steel cutting was on 12.01.2010, the keel-laying was on 26.05.2010 and the launching took place on 30.03.2011.
According to local Chinese regulations the ship was called during sea trials with the temporary, Chinese name "DONG HAI AN 14".
The vessel's complement consists of 19 persons, 7 Ukrainian officers and 13 Filippino ratings.
On 02.12.2011 the ADFINES SKY sailed from the builder's shipyard for her maiden voyage to Turjun, Indonesia to take over a full cargo of palmoil for Europe. She is time-chartered to a major palm oil trader for world-wide trade, at the time of writing she is in Singapore.
SwissShips-HPS, February 2012
*) Pfyn was selected as "cultural capital" of Switzerland for the years 2011 and 2012. An exhibition "Expo Adfines" will be held in Pfyn on 6-8.7.2012, see also www.thurgau-tourismus.ch.
Press release:
On May 24th, 2018 the 'Adfines Sky' had an engine failure when it was at buoy S13 on Lake St-Pierre, Quebec, at position 46 15 46.7N, 72 40 34.4W. After the crew got the machine up and running again, they headed for Pointe-des-Ormes without assistance, where permanent repairs were carried out and the journey could continue.
Press release:
Product tanker ADFINES SKY with 18,000 tons of diesel fuel on board suffered engine failure on January 24, 2021 in Bay of Biscay north of La Coruña, Spain, while en route from Port Gentil West Africa to Rotterdam. Understood tanker was towed to La Coruña, reached port early January 27, and was berthed for repairs. Resumed voyage on February 2nd, for Rotterdam.
Renamed RF MARINA on February 11, 2021 in Rotterdam and officially transferred to the new owner company Fleetscape RF 2 LLC on February 15, 2021. The tanker remains in the management of ABCmaritime AG from Nyon.