Sunday – The tanker Tokyo Spirit was refloated Sunday afternoon with the assistance of tugs. The ship was to be towed to an area restore yard. We are informed no environmental injury from the incident.

Saturday – A Bahamas-flagged crude oil tanker now owned by Teekay Tankers grounded Saturday in stormy climate close to Lisbon, Portugal simply outdoors the breakwater at the Cascais marina.

gCaptain can verify that the tanker is the 150,000 DWT crude oil tanker Tokyo Spirit (ex-Princimar Loyalty. IMO: 9296377). The vessel is unladen. 

Tugs are on scene and can try and free the ship on the subsequent excessive tide early Sunday morning. 

AIS knowledge from MarineTraffic exhibits the tanker arrived at an anchorage off Cascais on Wednesday, October 14th. 

We are informed that wind gusts of fifty knots have been recorded on the anchorage earlier Saturday with excessive seas. All 22 crew members stay onboard the ship, regardless of earlier stories {that a} rescue was underway.

The Tokyo Spirit is a suezmax tanker inbuilt 2006 and is now 100% owned by Teekay Tankers. The ship was beforehand managed by Principal Maritime and named Princimar Loyalty, however in August Teekay Tankers agreed to amass Principal’s total crude oil fleet – 12 vessels in whole. The vessels have been anticipated to be delivered to Teekay by the top of this month and have been to function within the spot tanker market upon or quickly after supply.

More video of the grounded tanker under:

Video from earlier Saturday:

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