Close-up of towing a super-heavy crude oil tanker in Thanh Hoa waters

After a nearly 3-week voyage, in the early morning of July 5, the Greek ship Sea Pearl, carrying 270,000 tons of crude oil from Kuwait, docked at the undocked oil dumping buoy at Nghi Son port, Thanh Hoa province, 35 km from the mainland. With its large size and load, the ship was towed safely to the oil dumping buoy by the service fleet of PTSC Thanh Hoa Technical Services Joint Stock Company.

To support the towing of this super-heavy ship, PTSC Thanh Hoa Technical Services Joint Stock Company mobilized 4 pilot ships around the Sea Pearl to anchor.

The Sea Pearl is 333m long and has a displacement of 299,284 tons.

The Nghi Son Refinery's undocked oil dumping buoy system is 35 km from the mainland.

Tugboat of PTSC Thanh Hoa Technical Services Joint Stock Company approaches the ship's side.

Engineers of Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Plant boarded the ship to carry crude oil into the plant.

The crew aboard the Sea Pearl.

Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Plant engineers check the crude oil supply pipeline system on board.

The crude oil receiving system from the oil dumping buoy is lifted to connect to the pipeline system on the Sea Pearl.

For about 2.5 days (from July 5 to 7), the Sea Pearl ship will pump crude oil to the storage tanks of Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Plant through pipelines laid underwater.

During the oil pumping period, tugboats of PTSC Thanh Hoa Technical Services Joint Stock Company regularly patrolled and warned fishermen not to enter this area to exploit seafood, ensuring the safety of the Sea Pearl ship.

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