| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Samho Dream |
| Owner | SH Tankers Limited |
| Operator | Samho Shipping Co., LTD |
| Port of registry | Marshall Islands |
| Launched | 29 September 2002 |
| Identification |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | VLCC |
| Tonnage | 319,360 SDWT |
| Length | 332.99 M |
| Beam | 60.05 M |
| Crew | 24 |
Samho Dream is aSouth Korean, Marshall-Island flaggedsupertanker that was carryingoil fromIraq to theUnited States when it washijacked bySomali pirates on April 4, 2010. At the time, the vessel was crewed by 24 sailors: five South Koreans and nineteenFilipinos. The owner of the craft, Korea-basedSH Tankers Limited said a pirate source named Mohamed had said the ship was heading forHaradheere, the pirates' base at which many ships are held during ransom negotiations. On November 6, 2010, after being held for 217 days, the ship was released from under pirate control for a ransom of about $9 million.
Three otherVLCCs that have been ransomed by pirates are theSirius Star, theMaran Centaurus, and theIrene SL.[1]
The VLCC was arrested on its arrival in Hong Kong on 18 October 2011. Admiralty judge Justice Anselmo Reyes ordered that the ship be sold over the non-payment of bank loans, according to the South China Morning Post, as Samho Shipping filed for bankruptcy protection after the Busan-based company ran out of cash.[2]
TheSamho Dream was built in 2002,[3] and has been renamedSkopelos by its new owners.[4]
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