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{{Short description|Supertanker class}}
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| Ship image=[[File:Hellespont Tara-023.JPG|300px|''Hellespont Tara'' (later TI ''Europe'') in the Netherlands on June 24, 2005.]]
| Ship caption=''Hellespont Tara'' (later TI ''Europe'') in the Netherlands on June 24, 2005.
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 | Builders                 = Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Okpo-dong, {{wipe|South Korea}}
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 | Built range              = 2002{{ndash}}2003
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 | Total ships completed    = 4
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 | Header caption           = <ref name="ti">{{cite web|title=TI Europe|url=http://www.aukevisser.nl/supertankers/id137.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205081809/http://aukevisser.nl/supertankers/id137.htm|publisher=Auke Visser´s International Super Tankers|accessdate=9 June 2018|url-status=live|archivedate=5 February 2009}}</ref>
 | Ship type                = [[Engineering:Oil tanker#ULCC and ULCC|Ultra Large Crude Carrier]]
 | Ship tonnage             = *{{GT|234,006}}
*{{DWT|441,893}}
 | Ship displacement        = *{{convert|67591|t|LT|0|lk=on}} light
*{{convert|509484|t|LT|0}} full load
 | Ship length              = {{convert|380|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[Engineering:Length overall|o/a]]
 | Ship beam                = {{convert|68|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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 | Ship speed               = {{convert|16.5|kn|lk=in}} (laden)
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 | Ship capacity            = {{convert|2800000|oilbbl|L|lk=in}} <ref name="FSO capacity">{{cite web|title=Euronav FSO |url=https://www.euronav.com/en/about-euronav/our-business/fso/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627210121/https://www.euronav.com/en/about-euronav/our-business/fso/ |publisher=Euronav |accessdate=9 August 2023 |url-status=live |archivedate=27 June 2023}}</ref>
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The '''TI class''' of [[Engineering:Oil tanker|supertankers]] comprises the ships '''''TI Africa''''', '''''TI Asia''''', '''''TI Europe''''' and '''''TI Oceania''''' (all names as of July 2004), where the "TI" refers to the [[Engineering:Oil tanker#Size categories|ULCC]] tanker pool operator Tankers International. The class were the first [[Engineering:Oil tanker#ULCC and ULCC|ULCC]]s (ultra-large crude carriers) to be built in 25 years.<ref name="wartsila.com"/>

By [[Engineering:Displacement (ship)|displacement]], [[Engineering:Deadweight tonnage|deadweight tonnage]] (≈ cargo mass), and [[Engineering:Gross tonnage|gross tonnage]] (a formula value based on internal volume, not mass), the TI class ships are smaller only than Pioneering Spirit.

Compared to the TI class, the Maersk Triple E class [[Engineering:Container ship|container ship]]s are longer and have a higher cargo volume, including above-deck containers.

The previous largest ship, the supertanker ''[[Engineering:Seawise Giant|Seawise Giant]]'', was dismantled in 2010.

==History==
All four [[Engineering:Oil tanker|oil tanker]]s were constructed for shipping company Hellespont Group by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo, {{wipe|South Korea}}, entering service between March 2002 and April 2003. The ships were originally named ''Hellespont Alhambra'', ''Hellespont Fairfax'', ''Hellespont Metropolis'' and ''Hellespont Tara''.

In 2004, Belgian shipowner [[Company:Euronav|Euronav]] NV and partners purchased all four ships. ''Hellespont Fairfax'', ''Hellespont Tara'', ''Hellespont Alhambra'' and ''Hellespont Metropolis'' were renamed ''TI Oceania'', ''TI Europe'', ''TI Asia'' and ''TI Africa'' respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Euronav, partners purchase four tankers|url=https://www.ogj.com/articles/2004/04/euronav-partners-purchase-four-tankers-touted-as-worlds-largest.html|accessdate=9 June 2018|publisher=Oil & Gas Journal}}</ref>

''Hellespont Fairfax'' was the subject of The Discovery Channel's [[Engineering:Television show|television show]] ''Superships'', episode "Launching a Leviathan—''Hellespont Fairfax''{{-"}}.

''Hellespont Metropolis'' cost $89 million in 2002, requiring 700,000 man-hours of direct labor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shipyard Productivity|url=http://thorconpower.com/costing/the-shipyard-model|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109052454/http://thorconpower.com/costing/the-shipyard-model|publisher=ThorCon Power|accessdate=26 June 2017|url-status=dead|archivedate=9 January 2015}}</ref>

== Features ==
The class, each ship powered by a single [[Company:Doosan Group|HSD]]-[[Company:Sulzer (manufacturer)|Sulzer]] 9RTA84T-D delivering {{convert|50220|bhp|lk=in}} at 76 rpm,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMII/MMIIMar27c.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020623041658/http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMII/MMIIMar27c.html|title=Hellespont to name ULCC's|publisher=marinelog.com|accessdate=9 June 2018|url-status=dead|archivedate=23 June 2002}}</ref> possesses a relatively high service speed ({{convert|16.5|kn|kph|lk=in|disp=semicolon}} laden, {{convert|17.5|kn|kph|disp=semicolon}}  in ballast), which increases their earning capacity. The steel [[Scantling|scantling]]s are greater than the class minimum.

These ships are wider than the new Panama Canal locks. They also cannot travel through the Suez Canal unless on a ballast voyage.

The coatings in the ballast tanks are protected by two features, a full-time double-scrubbing system supplying drier [[Physics:Inert gas|inert gas]] to the ballast tanks, and also by the white painted upper hull reflecting the sun’s energy. The inert gas system also increases safety. Keeping down the cargo temperatures also minimizes [[Chemistry:Hydrocarbon|hydrocarbon]] emissions.<ref name="wartsila.com">{{cite web|title=Hellespont Alhambra |url=http://www.wartsila.com/,en,solutions,0,marine_references,32397EA2-BD58-4E21-AEA3-E69DFCF5446E,3D99061B-4028-41C4-A8FA-2715B028D9D5,,.htm |publisher=Wärtsilä|year=2010 |accessdate=3 July 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103091634/http://wartsila.com/,en,solutions,0,marine_references,32397EA2-BD58-4E21-AEA3-E69DFCF5446E,3D99061B-4028-41C4-A8FA-2715B028D9D5,,.htm |archivedate=3 January 2010 }}</ref>

== Conversion ==
In 2009 and 2010, ''TI Asia'' and ''TI Africa'' were converted into sophisticated floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessels, [[Engineering:Mooring|moored]] off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf at the Al Shaheen Oil Field. The extensive conversions were carried out by EuroNav and Overseas Shipholding Group at Drydocks World – Dubai.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of drydocked FSOs|url=http://www.drydocks.gov.ae/en/portal/ofshre.fso.aspx#asia|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111035614/http://www.drydocks.gov.ae/en/portal/ofshre.fso.aspx#asia|publisher=Drydock World|accessdate=9 June 2018|url-status=live|archivedate=11 January 2011}}</ref>

In 2017, ''TI Europe'' was chartered by Statoil and converted to an FSO vessel, moored at Port of Kuala Sungai Linggi in Malaysia.<ref name=FSOEurope>{{cite web|title=Statoil charters last of the world's largest oil tankers to hold crude for Asia buyers |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-oil-appec/statoil-charters-last-of-the-worlds-largest-oil-tankers-to-hold-crude-for-asia-buyers-idUSKCN1C316N |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002224826/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-oil-appec/statoil-charters-last-of-the-worlds-largest-oil-tankers-to-hold-crude-for-asia-buyers-idUSKCN1C316N |work=Reuters|date=28 September 2017 |accessdate=14 January 2018| url-status=live |archivedate=2 October 2017}}</ref> In 2019, it was announced that ''TI Oceania'' would be converted to an FSO vessel and moored off the coast of [[Place:Singapore|Singapore]].<ref name=FSOOceania>{{cite news |url=https://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2019/9/ships-set-burn-raw-crude-oil-beat-new-clean-fuel-rules/ |title=Ships set to burn raw crude oil to beat new clean fuel rules |work=JWN Energy Group |agency={{wipe|Bloomberg News}} |date=2019-09-25 |access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ TI Class
|-
! scope="col" | No.
! scope="col" | Ship
! scope="col" | Flag
! scope="col" | IMO number
! scope="col" | Delivery
! scope="col" | Status
! scope="col" | Owner
! style="Xwidth: 20%;" scope="col" | Note
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| 1
| ''FSO Asia'' (effective November 2009)<br />Ex name(s):<br />''TI Asia'' (effective July 2004)<br />''Hellespont Alhambra'' (effective March 2002)
| {{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
| 9224752
| {{dts|2002|3}}
| In service
| TI Asia Ltd<br />(Euronav)
| style="text-align: left;" | FSO located Al Shaheen oilfield
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| 2
| ''FSO Africa'' (effective March 2010)<br />Ex name(s):<br />''TI Africa'' (effective July 2004)<br />''Hellespont Metropolis'' (effective June 2002)
| {{flagicon|Marshall Islands}}
| 9224764
| {{dts|2002|6}}
| In service
| TI Africa Ltd<br />(Euronav)
| style="text-align: left;" | FSO located Al Shaheen oilfield
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| 3
| ''SA Europe''<ref name="SAEurope">{{cite web|title=Singapore owner linked to purchase of world's biggest tanker from Euronav |url=https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/singapore-owner-linked-to-purchase-of-world-s-biggest-tanker-from-euronav/2-1-1345210 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230808080814/https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/singapore-owner-linked-to-purchase-of-world-s-biggest-tanker-from-euronav/2-1-1345210 |work=Tradewinds News |date=2 November 2022 |accessdate=8 August 2023| url-status=live |archivedate=8 August 2023}}</ref> <br />Ex name(s):<br />''Europe''<br />''TI Europe''<br />''Hellespont Tara'' (effective November 2002)
| {{flagicon|Liberia}}
| 9235268
| {{dts|2002|11}}
| In service
| Euronav until Q4 2022, then new owner VE Marine Services, in 2023 Minsheng Qihao (Tianjin) Shipping Leasing Co Ltd<ref name="Tradewinds2022"/><ref name="SAEurope"/><ref name="GISIS2023">{{cite web|title=GISIS: Ship and Company Particulars|url=https://gisis.imo.org/Public/SHIPS/Default.aspx|publisher=IMO|accessdate=8 August 2023}}</ref>
| style="text-align: left;" | FSO located off the coast of Port of Kuala Sungai Linggi, Malaysia<ref name=FSOEurope/> From May 2020, the ''Europe'' was at anchor off Malaysia.<ref name="Tradewinds2022">{{cite web|title=Euronav sells the world's biggest tanker for a fat $35m profit |date=17 October 2022 |url=https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/euronav-sells-the-world-s-biggest-tanker-for-a-fat-35m-profit/2-1-1335512 |publisher=Tradewinds |accessdate=18 October 2022}}</ref> Found at location near [[Place:Singapore|Singapore]] in August 2023.<ref name="Tradewinds2022"/><ref name="SAEurope"/>
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| 4
| OCEANIA (effective July 2018)<br />Ex name(s): <br />''Overseas Laura Lynn'' <br />''TI Oceania'' (effective July 2004) <br /> ''Hellespont Fairfax'' (effective April 2003)
| {{flagicon|Belgium}}
| 9246633
| {{dts|2003|4}}
| In service
| Euronav NV
| {{As of|2019|September}}, FSO located off the coast of Port of Kuala Sungai Linggi, Malaysia.<ref name=FSOOceania/>
|}

Information obtained from IMO GISIS Ship and Company Particulars,<ref>{{cite web|title=GISIS: Ship and Company Particulars|url=https://gisis.imo.org/Public/SHIPS/Default.aspx|publisher=IMO|accessdate=9 June 2018}}</ref> [[Company:MarineTraffic|MarineTraffic]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Vessel details|url=https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/data/|publisher=MarineTraffic|accessdate=9 June 2018}}</ref> Euronav and branches,<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Euronav|url=https://www.euronav.com/en/contact/|publisher=Euronav|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417065521/https://www.euronav.com/en/contact/|accessdate=9 June 2018|url-status=live|archivedate=17 April 2017}}</ref> and Subsidiaries of International Seaways<ref>{{cite web|title=Subsidiaries of International Seaways|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1679049/000114420416128995/v450402_ex21-1.htm|publisher=SEC|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143028/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1679049/000114420416128995/v450402_ex21-1.htm|accessdate=9 June 2018|url-status=live|archivedate=12 June 2018}}</ref> 15 February 2020, update Europe ship 8 August 2023.

==See also==
* List of world's longest ships
* ''[[Engineering:Seawise Giant|Seawise Giant]]''
* ''Batillus''-class supertankers

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.euronav.com/en/fleet/all-vessels/ Euronav vessels]
* [http://www.intlseas.com/Fleet Seaways Fleet list]
* [http://www.shipspotting.com shipspotting.com]: Categorized ship photos
* [http://www.hellespont.com ''Hellespont'' homepage]

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