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Front Commander

See also : DS Commander

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Port of Bilbao.
( Photo collection Gaspar-Luis Prieto )
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Port of Bilbao.
( Photo collection Gaspar-Luis Prieto )
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( Photo By Frontline )
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( Photo collection marine-marchande.net )
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"Front Commander" leaving a foggy Antifer 14 June 2006.
( Photo Olivier Vitre )
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"Front Commander" leaving a foggy Antifer 14 June 2006.
( Photo Olivier Vitre )
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( Photo Copyright Lennart Rydberg )
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( Photo Copyright Lennart Rydberg )
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"Front Commander" at Vopak Europoort , on 14 Jun. 2011.
( Photo Copyright Robert Smith )
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( Photo Copyright Robert Smith )


VESSEL DESCRIPTION
Date updated:
Apr 19, 2013
Vessel's name:
DS Commander
IMO number:
9174397
Vessel's previous name(s) and date(s) of change:
Front Commander (Jul 27, 2012)
Date delivered:
Jul 01, 1999
Builder (where built):
HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES Co. Korea
Flag:
Bahamas
Port of Registry:
Nassau
Call sign:
C6QO5
Type of vessel:
Oil Tanker
Type of hull:
Double Hull
Classification society:
Det Norske Veritas
Length Over All (LOA):
334.45 m
Length Between Perpendiculars (LBP):
320 m
Extreme breadth (Beam):
58.046 m
Net Tonnage:
109583
Loadline
Freeboard
Draft
Deadweight
Displacement
Summer:
10.589 m
22.062 m
299998 MT
341822 MT
Registered owner - Full style:
DS Commander
Technical operator - Full style:
V.Ships Germany GmbH
CARGO AND BALLAST HANDLING
Total cubic capacity (98%, excluding slop tanks):
336031.8 m3
Slop tank(s) capacity (98%):
7029.8 m3

Name: Front Commander
IMO No: 9174397
Built: 7/1999
Type: Tanker
Status: In Service, 2012 in Time Charter for Shell as DS Commander
SubType: Crude
Flag: Bahamas
DWT: 311,168
Draft: 22.723
Builder: Hyunday Heavy Ind., Co., Ltd., Ulsan, South Korea (1150)
GT: 157,863
LOA: 334.45/320.00
Owner: Tidebrook Maritime Corporation
Manager: V.Ships (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG
NT: 109,583
Beam: 58.04
Speed/Cons: 15.00/94.00
Class: NV
Depth: 31.00
Engine Type: Burmeister & Wain, 2 S.A.  7-cyl., 7S80MC, 34617 SHP, 25509 kW at 79 RPM
Cubic: 343,06

Sister Vessels :
Status
Year
Vessel Name
DNV ID
Manager
Build No.
In Operation
1999
FRONT CHIEF
20130
International Tanker Management (Germany) GmbH
1127
In Operation
1999
FRONT CROWN
20381
V.Ships (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG
1161