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Eagle Otome

Eagle Otome was the Singapore-registered oil tankship involved in the January 23, 2010 Port Arthur collision with Gull Arrow and the Dixie Vengeance tow. The NTSB report describes it as an 810-foot-long, 138-foot-wide Aframax double-hull crude oil carrier.

Overview

Eagle Otome was the Singapore-registered oil tankship involved in the January 23, 2010 Port Arthur collision with Gull Arrow and the Dixie Vengeance tow. The NTSB report describes it as an 810-foot-long, 138-foot-wide Aframax double-hull crude oil carrier.

Particulars

  • Vessel type: Oil tankship / Aframax crude oil carrier
  • Flag state: Singapore [SG]
  • IMO number: 9051351
  • Official number: 386067
  • Length: 810 ft / 246.88 m
  • Beam: 138 ft
  • Gross tonnage: 53,504 gross international tons
  • Construction: Steel
  • Built: May 1994
  • Original name: Neptune Otome
  • Renamed: Eagle Otome in 2000
  • Cargo capacity: 693,903 barrels / 29,143,926 gallons
  • Main engine: Single 16,600-horsepower Mitsubishi Sulzer direct-reversible slow-speed diesel, model 7RTA62
  • Propulsion: Single propeller
  • Steering: Conventional electrohydraulic, double-ram, rapson-slide steering system with one rudder
  • Classification society: American Bureau of Shipping
  • Complement during incident: 22
  • Breadth (m): 40

Incidents

Operators / owners

  • The accident table lists AET Inc. Ltd. as owner.
  • The narrative states Eagle Otome was owned and operated by AET Inc. Ltd.
  • The vessel-information section identifies AET Tanker Holdings Sdn Bhd, headquartered in Malaysia, as owner. Keep both formulations visible because they appear in different sections of the same NTSB report.