The M/T Arduity, deadweight 3027 tonnes, British flag and registered in London, arrived in Grand Harbour last month. She will be joined by her sister vessel the M/T Allurity.

Both vessels have been purchased by the Island Bunker Oils Group and will join the company’s five other vessels. Island Bunker Oils provide bunkering services in Maltese ports and offshore international waters, operating as far afield as Tunisia and adjacent areas.

The vessels will be renamed Salina Bay and Balluta Bay and, like the other vessels in the fleet, will be registered with the Malta Maritime Authority under the Malta flag.

Both vessels will remain classed by Lloyds Register, with a +100A1 oil tanker (cc) ESP +LMC UMS Class Notation for international trading, conforming to current International Maritime Organisation IMO regulations.

The Arduity and the Allurity were built to very high specifications for the oil major, Shell UK, and have been operating off the west coast of Ireland and Scotland carrying petroleum products between the United Kingdom and Irish ports.

Island Bunker Oils purchased the vessels from the well-known British ship owners F. T. Everard Shipping Ltd, which at the time of purchase were acquired by the equally renowned British ship owning group James Fisher, and Sons Plc.