Jun 10, 2021 00:00 UTC

Ship diary: the maiden voyage of FureViten

Embark on the maiden voyage of Fure Viten with us! 

This 17,999 dwt ship is the eight sister vessel in the series and the fourth inFuretank’s fleet that has been developed by Furetank together with FKABMarine Design to the latest design, with minimal impact on theenvironment.Through a diary of photos, films and text updates, the crew willbring us along on the entire journey from China to Europe in this blog post. 

2021.06.10

Ship diary part 1: Step into quarantine life

Our Swedish crew has left for China, waiting to sail Fure Viten home from theshipyard in Yangzhou. But first: 22 days in absolute isolation.

Our 2nd officer Emma Gustafsson invited us to her quarantine space to seehow she passes her idle time before continuing to our longed-for Fure Viten.

Watch video on YouTube here

2021.06.18

Ship diary part 2: Preparing for speed

A chaotic and intense week at the shipyard in Yangzhou, while the crew ismaking Fure Viten ready for her maiden voyage. Unpacking and installingequipment and getting to know the vessel, lending eachother a handwherever needed. It is a giant teamwork to get everything in place fordeparture!

2021.06.22

Ship diary part 3: Flying the Swedish flag

Hoisting the blue and yellow banners means that Fure Viten now belongs toFuretank and can head for home. In the picture you see the proud crew of avessel that gained a lot of media attention the last few days, for alreadymeeting the IMO 2050 emission targets. Starting her maiden voyage surely isa good feeling. Next time we will report from the open sea and let you knowhow she performs!

2021.07.02

Ship diary part 4: Loading for recycling

Fure Viten has stopped for loading in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. We arecurrently loading used cooking oil, bound to be transformed into biofuel orcosmetics. Recycling at its best! Step into the cargo control room with chiefofficer Therese Boman.

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2021.07.09

Ship diary part 5: Engine room sneak peek

Between Korea and Singapore our second engineer Gustaf Modig gives us atour showing the brand new machinery on board Fure Viten. She is runningwell, with all systems optimized for maximum energy efficiency. Join Gustaffor a sneak peek!

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2021.07.21

Ship diary part 6: bunkering liquid gas

Running on LNG or LBG is one of the key measures that lower theenvironmental impact of Fure Viten and her sister vessels. She has nowstopped outside Malaysia to bunker enough liquid gas to make it to Europe.Our captain Christian Björklund shows us how it's done.

Watch video on YouTube here

2021.08.04 

Ship diary part 7: the Piracy High Risk Area

It has been busy days onboard Fure Viten. A couple of days after passing SriLanka we hade three very welcome guests onboard, a security team. Togetherwe prepared the vessel for passing the Piracy High Risk Area in the Gulf ofAden and Red Sea. Mounting fire hoses around the vessel to make it harder toclimb onboard, making sure all areas were locked and conducting drills is justa few examples of security measures taken.

After a safe passage the security team left us in the Red Sea. A big thanks toyou!

21.08.10 

Ship Diary part 8: The Suez Canal

We had a sunny, hot and long day passing through the canal. Instead of goingaround Africa, the Suez Canal saves us about 5000 nm and almost 3 weeks onour voyage to Europe.

Fure Viten completed the canal passage with flying colours, now the vessel isfinally in the Mediterranean.

Up next: discharging in Barcelona.

21.08.12

Ship Diary part 9: First discharging

Finally! Fure Viten safely alongside and cargo operations underway in thePort of Barcelona, after our voyage through Suez. 

Next the ship will head to Rotterdam: the final port for this maiden voyage.

21.08.31 

Ship Diary part 10: coming home

And so we reached the end of Fure Viten’s maiden journey, passing the smallisland of Donsö and the home of Furetank. Step by step we are settling in onthe ship which is running just as smoothly and efficiently as we hoped. Thankyou for following us all the way from China to Europe! We send you off with afew highlights from the last few days at sea and life on board, as Fure Vitenjoins her sister vessels in our modern and sustainable tanker fleet.

Furetank, based on Donsö in the Gothenburg archipelago, is a Swedish,family-owned shipping company active in tanker shipping since the early1950’s. Furetank operates 9 owned vessels and is a founding member of theGothia Tanker Alliance: a market platform for small and intermediate producttankers, operating 40 vessels in European waters. We are not a giant but a

leader – continuously striving to adopt green solutions for environment andclimate.

Contacts

Lars HöglundPress ContactCEO- Telefonsamtal från annonssäljare undanbedes -lars.hoglund@furetank.se+46 (0)705 74 96 41