LA MANCHA KNUTSEN

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Pirate attack foiled

The "La Mancha Knutsen" was attacked by pirates on March 10, 2017, at 0615 a.m. in the Gulf of Guinea in position 03 03N 006 57E, 90 miles south of Port Harcourt. A boat with armed people approached the tankerand fired upon her, in an attempt to stop and board the vessel. The tanker activated its security alert system, increased speed and began evasive manoevers. The pirates aborted the attack. No injures, no damages were reported. The tanker didn’t have armed security team on board. After the attack the tanker sailed to Bonny and later that day was berthed in port.

New Knutsen LNG Tanker Capable of Delivering $1 Million Annual Bunker Savings

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) Monday announced it has delivered a newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, which it says is capable of delivering $1 million in annual bunker savings, to Knutsen OAS Shipping AS (Knutsen), LNG World Shipping reports. The 176,000 cubic metre (cbm) La Mancha Knutsen has a number of energy saving features, including a boil-off gas system that, in contrast to conventional systems that can only partially re-liquefy BOG, is said to be capable of re-liquefying 100 percent of the BOG for later use as fuel by the ship fuel. http://shipandbunker.com/news/world/322114-new-knutsen-lng-tanker-capable-of-delivering-1-million-annual-bunker-savings-hhi