NEW DEPARTURE. Hafina Mikala 49999 DWT has left Yeosu (Not Sydney) for Tauranga. Due 1/6 according to AIS.

NEW ARRIVAL. Sea Orca 113000 DWT at Marsden Point after arriving from Singapore.

A healthy looking 569226 DWT bound for NZ. Singapore looks like the dominant supplier of liquid energy to this country now. It was South Korea before the disruptions. Haven’t seen a ship from Japan for quite some time now. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

Hafnia Mikala filling up in Yeosu. CentrePort website has her arriving in Wellington on 3/6

Maersk Crete 50000 DWT bound for Timaru to deliver a partial load for Tasman Fuels

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Chang Hang Kai Tuo 45790 DWT. No AIS destination set but according to the CentrePort website shes bound for Tauranga and then Wellington.

NEW DEPARTURE Chang Hang Fei Yue 45781 DWT has left Singapore bound for Marsden Point. Due 28/5 #nzpol #nznews #tankers

NEW DEPARTURE. Stena Convoy 49999 DWT has left Singapore bound for Tauranga. Due 24/5. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

NEW DEPARTURE. High Mariner 51492 DWT has left Ulsan bound for Marsden Point. Due 30/5. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

Chang Hang Kai Tuo still filling up for her trip to NZ. Next door is the STI Maximus. This is of no interest at all, other than the fact this is the ship in the NZTW profile pic. There is nothing else to report this morning.

Chang Hang Kai Tuo 45790 DWT loading at Tanjung Langsat in Malaysia. Due in Wellington on 30/5 according to CentrePort.

Six vessels with 426163 combined DWT heading for NZ. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

NEW ARRIVAL. STI Opera 49990 DWT at Marsden Point after arriving from Indonesia

NEW ARRIVAL. Esteem Endeavour 49999 DWT at Lyttelton after arriving from Singapore.

NEW DEPARTURE. Hafnia Falcon 49999 DWT has left Singapore bound for Marsden Point. Due 18/5. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

NEW DEPARTURE. Seaodyssey 113176 DWT has departed Daesan, South Korea for Marsden Point. Est arrival 17/5. #nznews #nzpol #tankers

NEW ARRIVAL. Grand Winner 3 50301 DWT. After several weeks at anchor in Tasman Bay this vessel has now docked at Seaview.

NEW DEPARTURE. Esteem Discovery 49999 DWT has left Singapore. Due in Lyttelton on 21/5. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

I’m tracking seven tankers with a combined DWT of 413278 currently bound for NZ. * Next to Hafnia Petrel as she is showing as “partially laden”. There is another 49999 DWT vessel currently loading in Singapore that will be added once she sails. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

NEW DEPARTURE. STI Virtus 49990 DWT has left Singapore. Due in Tauranga on 19/5. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

NEW DEPARTURE. Sea Orca 113000 DWT bound for Marsden Point from Singapore. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

Esteem Discovery 49999 DWT. Currently in Singapore. AIS destination set to Lyttelton.

Southern Leader 108418 DWT loading crude from the Raroa floating storage facility.

NEW ARRIVAL. TP Endurance 49999 DWT has been anchored off Tauranga for more than a week now after sailing from South Korea. She has now docked. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

Tracking six tankers with a combined DWT of 300287 DWT bound for NZ. * next to Hafnia Petrel as she is due to stop in Brisbane. Unsure if will be unloading there or uplifting from the Ampol Refinery before continuing. Maersk Crete excluded as most of her cargo is bound for Pacific Island countries.

Maersk Crete 50000 DWT bisecting Indonesia and Timor Leste bound for the Vuda terminal in Fiji. Presumably doing a run around the Pacific for Tasman Fuels. Due in Timaru on 14/5.

Hafnia Petrel 49999 DWT going past Hervey Bay bound for Brisbane. The Port of Tauranga website shows her due there on 4/5.

NEW ARRIVAL. STI Sanctity 109999 DWT has arrived at Marsden Point from South Korea. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

STI Opera transiting Torres Straight bound for Marsden Point.

NEW ARRIVAL. Forever Glory 49968 DWT in Tauranga after her voyage from South Korea. #nznews #nzpol #tankers

NEW DEPARTURE Gem Emerald 49999 DWT has departed Tanjung Langsat, Malaysia. Due in Tauranga on 12/5. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

NEW ARRIVAL. CC Ningbo 50184 DWT in Tauranga after her voyage from Japan. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

I’m tracking seven fuel tankers with a combined DWT of 410440 currently bound for NZ. The TP Endurance and Grand Winner 3 are both anchored in NZ waters but have yet to start unloading. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

NEW ARRIVAL. Chang Hang Hong Tu 45765 DWT in Lyttelton after her voyage from Singapore.

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NEW ARRIVAL. Pacific Violet 50000 DWT arriving at Marsden Point from Singapore. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

Change Hang Hong Tu transiting cook straight bound for Lyttelton.

According to the NYT several Ships attempting to transit the SOH were fired on yesterday. Please ignore any optimism that might have been expressed by this account last night.

There appear to be signs of life in the SOH. FPMC C Lord is a fully laden Liberian flagged very large crude carrier travelling Eastbound at 12 knots with AIS tracking turned on!

Been released from the bunker for the day with instructions to broaden my horizons. This is the HMAS Sydney, in Sydney. Unrelated to tankers but quite interesting if you like Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers. Mission accomplished.

Grand Winner 3 sitting fully laden off Marlborough. According to the Centre Port website she wont dock to unload until 30/4?

Southern leader also bound for New Plymouth. This crude tanker is empty and likely coming to load Oil from the Maari field.

Eva Diamond off New Plymouth. This tanker is empty and has arrived to load methanol.

NEW DEPARTURE. STI Opera 49990 DWT in the Singapore Straight after leaving Merak, Indonesia. Due at Marsden Point on 2/5. #nzpol #nznews

TP Endurance 49999 DWT. Fully laden at anchor off Mt Maunganui.

NEW ARRIVAL. Oriental Aquamarine 49883 DWT has arrived in Tauranga from South Korea. #nzpol #nznews

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NEW DEPARTURE. Esteem Endeavor 49999DWT has departed Singapore. Due in Lyttelton on 1/5. #nzpol #nznews #tankers

NEW ARRIVAL. Chang Hang Kai Tuo 45690 DWT at Marsden Point after a voyage from Singapore. Hafnia Expidite parked up next door. #nzpol #nznews