By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct. 6 -- ConocoPhillips subsidiary Polar Tankers Inc. reported that Polar Adventure, the fourth of five vessels in its double-hulled tanker fleet, has begun service.
Classed by the American Bureau of Shipping as an Endeavour Class tanker, Polar Adventure is designed to carry crude oil from Alaska to the US West Coast and Hawaii (OGJ Online, Sept. 12, 2003).
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale, La., is building the tankers in Polar Tankers' double-hulled fleet, all employed in the Alaskan crude trade. A final Endeavour Class tanker, under construction at Avondale, is scheduled for delivery in 2005.
ConocoPhillips plans to operate an entirely double-hulled tanker fleet by 2008.