By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Apr. 28 -- Euronav SA, the Belgium tanker subsidiary of Cie. Maritime Belge (the CMB group), and its partners have reached an agreement to acquire four double-hull ultralarge crude carriers of 442,500 dwt: Hellespont Alhambra, Hellespont Tara, Hellespont Fairfax, and Hellespont Metropolis.
The ships, to be delivered in May and June, will be renamed: TI Asia, TI Europe, TI America, and TI Africa. The vessels will trade through the Tankers International pool, which has a fleet pool of 46 very large crude carriers.
The vessels were built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea during 2002-03.