Tenerife Port Authority Orders Anchoring of the Oil Tanker “Prestigious WD”, Seized for 800,000 Euros

As previously reported by puentedemando.com, the Maritime Captaincy and the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife have ordered the anchoring of the oil tanker “Prestigious WD”, after three months of mooring at the southern dock, where it remained waiting for a dry docking that never came and is now located off Igueste de San Andrés.

According to reports, there is a seizure of approximately 800,000 euros on this vessel, presented by the company that owns the floating dock, against the shipping company.

This debt refers to work carried out while afloat that has not been paid on time. Everything seems to indicate that the intermediary has put the floating dock company in a difficult situation.

The vessel “Prestigious WD” (IMO 9257498) is a crude oil tanker, flagged in Antigua & Barbuda, that has changed names four times —most recently in October 2022, according to VesselFinder— since it was put into service in January 2003, then named “Four Clipper”.

According to international media, the aforementioned tanker was involved in a suspected oil theft incident in Nigeria in May 2024. The ship, measuring 227.50 m in length and with a mixed crew of Ukrainians and Nigerians, had been docked since July 15 and needed to vacate the berth now that the high tourist cruise season is beginning.

Photo: Juan Carlos Díaz Lorenzo