Aegean takes delivery of newbuild

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. has taken delivery of the ‘Patmos’, a 6,280 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker newbuild, from Qingdao Hyundai Shipyard in China. The Patmos will be deployed in the company’s U.A.E. market.

Including the Patmos, Aegean now has a current bunkering delivery fleet of 30 vessels and barges, of which 25 are double hulled. The company expects to take delivery of 22 remaining double-hull tanker newbuilds over the next two years, which will increase its total bunkering delivery fleet to 52.