Brokers note that the Tricia II, a 24-year-old, 281,000 dwt, Mitsubishi-built tanker has been sold for $21m to undisclosed interests. The Comoros-flagged ship is not classed by a member of the International Association of Classification Societies. It was called Tiburtina in October last year, and Arabela before that.
Eight VLCCs were registered with the Comoros flag until recently. One of these ships is the 22-year-old Atilan. This ship has just been renamed Atila and is now flagged under the rare national flag of Guyana. Although the vessel has changed its name, no ownership change has been registered in the Equasis ship database.
The Comoros register appears to be bleeding customers. A 20-year-old VLCC, registered and owned in India, named Cosmos, was, according to Equasis, removed from this register in October.
The oldest Comoros-flagged VLCC is the 27-year-oldItaugua. This vessel was named Cinnamon last year and Lila Rome in 2020. This ship is registered under a Hong Kong outfit named Astrid Menks.
Another VLCC registered to the Comoros flag is called Siri. Equasis notes that this is false and has registered it with an unknown flag since October.
Two other VLCCs called Uri and Yug were also previously with the Comoros flag, but are now registered in Equasis as flag unknown.