Download for Canary Terminals

Back at the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife –the one of its naval registration–, the tanker “Castillo de Trujillo”, docked at the El Bufadero pier, unloading for Canary Terminals, a company that supplies fuel at Tenerife South Airport. The aforementioned vessel, owned by the shipping company Elcano, is unloading from Las Palmas on its way to Huelva, where one of the three refineries of the oil company CEPSA, controlled by IPIC, is located.

The hull of this ship was built in Khersones (Ukraine), where it was unfinished when acquired by the shipping company Elcano. The fitting-out works were carried out at the Duzgit Gemi Insa San shipyard (Duzgit Group) in Turkey, and it entered service in July 2004. It belongs to a series that includes the vessels “Castillo de Monterreal”, also from Elcano, and “Mar Nuria”, which served MarPetrol.

It is a ship of 21,589 gross tons, 7,754 deadweight tons, and 30,564 deadweight tons, with main dimensions of 182.10 m in overall length, 25.30 m in beam, and 11.30 m in draft. Powered by a diesel engine of 9,960 kW, it maintains a speed of 14 knots. It is registered in the naval registry of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. IMO Code 9293337.

The tanker “Castillo de Trujillo”, viewed from the starboard side

Photos: Ramón Acosta Merino