Iver-Ability

Iver Ability, the red hulled ship, anchored in Dublin Bay since August, left its six–month mooring yesterday (Jan. 28), bound for the Dutch Port of Delfzijl. The long term anchorage of the ship followed a 'reaction' onboard the Asphalt/Bitumen tanker during her transport of Bitumen into Dublin Port this summer. The ship cut a lonely sight over Christmas 2016, as 'discussions with charterers' for a port of discharge for the vessel’s cargo continued. While at anchorage in Dublin, the ship was fully operational with all seafarers performing normal duties and standard crew changes taking place, according to the ship's managers. http://www.afloat.ie/port-news/port-and-shipping-news/item/34829-long-stay-red-ship-iver-ability-visitor-departs-dublin-bay-for-dutch-port

Seafarers are used to spending Christmas at sea, but one ship’s complement in Irish waters will have a more unusual experience than most. Some 13 crew on board the 129-metre tanker Iver Ability will be neither out of sight nor out of mind in Dublin Bay due to “issues” with unloading the ship’s cargo. The red- and white-hulled vessel has already spent more than four months on the anchorage, apart from several brief forays into Dublin Port for supplies. Illuminated at night, it has become a talking point for coastal walkers. Managers of the Gibraltar-registered ship have confirmed that it was transferred on to the anchorage in August after it “experienced a reaction to its cargo of bitumen during cargo operations in the port”. It is understood that a seal on its hatch ruptured while on berth in Dublin Port, and posed a potential safety hazard. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/delayed-ship-prepares-for-a-dublin-bay-christmas-1.2916926

We are delighted to announce that yesterday, Tuesday 20 January 2015, we acquired MT ST Charlotte. This 2006-built bitumen/molten sulphur tanker will be renamed Iver Ability and brings the total number of Vroon’s bitumen tankers to twelve. The vessel is currently on charter to Total for the carriage of molten sulphur and bitumen cargoes. Iver Ability will be marketed and operated from Iver Ships B.V. in Barendrecht, the Netherlands. We wish the vessel and crew safe and successful operations. Source: Vroon