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Can't speak to insurance, but fwiw the M/T tropical breeze has DWT of 750 [1], whereas Wikipedia considers 30,000 DWT to be on the smaller end [2], so this is l

Can't speak to insurance, but fwiw the M/T tropical breeze has DWT of 750 [1], whereas Wikipedia considers 30,000 DWT to be on the smaller end [2], so this is likely a much smaller tanker than one would envision when one first reads the headline, and likely costs notably less than the $51 million asking price of the yacht [3], as Wikipedia says a 32,000 DWT tanker (40x the size of the one here) runs for about $43 million. 1. https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/TROPIC-BREEZE-IMO-8906315-MMSI-312815000 https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/TROPIC-BREEZE-IMO-89063... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_tanker#Vessel_pricing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_tanker#Vessel_pricing 3. https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/rossinavi-motor-yacht-utopia-iv-for-sale https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/...

brendoelfrendo 5y ago
When they said gas tanker instead of oil tanker, I assumed that this was a local fuel delivery boat, not an international shipping tanker. I guess the article doesn't make that clear, though. Maybe it's something that the audience in the Bahamas would be more familiar with so they didn't feel the need to explain further.
- Animats 5y ago
  Marine Traffic has some pictures of the Tropic Breeze.[1] Pictures of a large oil tanker in the Jamaican Observer[2] are unrelated. The Tropic Breeze looked like a work boat with a big liquid natural gas tank on deck. Destination was Great Stirrup Cay, a 200+ acre island owned by Norwegian Cruise Lines and used as a stopping point for their cruise ships. The cruise line has a resort there. Not yet clear if the collision happened in open ocean or maneuvering near an island. [1] https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:377797/ships https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:3777... [2] https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Bahamian_authorities_probing_collision_at_sea_resulting_in_gas_tanker_sinking https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Bahamian_authorit...

brendoelfrendo 5y ago

When they said gas tanker instead of oil tanker, I assumed that this was a local fuel delivery boat, not an international shipping tanker. I guess the article doesn't make that clear, though. Maybe it's something that the audience in the Bahamas would be more familiar with so they didn't feel the need to explain further.

Animats 5y ago
Marine Traffic has some pictures of the Tropic Breeze.[1] Pictures of a large oil tanker in the Jamaican Observer[2] are unrelated. The Tropic Breeze looked like a work boat with a big liquid natural gas tank on deck. Destination was Great Stirrup Cay, a 200+ acre island owned by Norwegian Cruise Lines and used as a stopping point for their cruise ships. The cruise line has a resort there. Not yet clear if the collision happened in open ocean or maneuvering near an island. [1] https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:377797/ships https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:3777... [2] https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Bahamian_authorities_probing_collision_at_sea_resulting_in_gas_tanker_sinking https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Bahamian_authorit...