Delta Tankers

Greek shipping company

Delta Tankers

Industry| Oil tanker, Bulk cargo
Founded| 2006
Headquarters|

Athens

Greece

Owner| Diamantis Diamantidis[1]
Website| www.deltatankers.gr

Delta Tankers is a Greek shipping company,[2][3] highly active in the suezmax and VLCC sectors.[4]

## Controversies

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Main article: 2019 Northeast Brazil oil spill

Delta Tankers ltd is the manager of the crude oil tanker Bouboulina (IMO 9298753), the ship that Brazilian investigators said was the source of oil tarring thousands of kilometers of coastline since August 2019.[5] Delta Tankers Ltd said on Friday[when?] that it has not been contacted by Brazilian authorities investigating an oil spill incident in Brazil.[5] The Brazilian oil spill prompted the company in November 2019 to offer to share the ship's data with the Brazilian investigators.[6]

In 2022 Ukraine added Delta Tankers to its International Sponsors of War list.[7]

## Accidents and incidents

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* Attacks on the Sounion: In August 2024, the tanker Sounion was attacked by Houthi forces of Yemen. She was abandoned, and then set ablaze. Salvage operations started in September 2024.[8][9]

## See also

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* Greek Merchant Marine
* MARPOL 73/78

## References

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1. ^ Ιάσων Στατήρης (20 November 2018). "Δ. Διαμαντίδης: Η ηχηρή κίνηση της Delta Tankers που τη βάζει για τα καλά στον χάρτη των VLCCs" [D. Diamantidis: Delta Tankers' resounding move that puts it on the VLCC map for good] (in Greek). Translated by Jason Statiris. MonoNews.
2. ^ Lewis, Jeffrey T. (1 November 2019). "Brazil Police Suspect Greek-Flagged Ship Was Source of Oil Spills". The Wall Street Journal. 11572618549. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
3. ^ "Delta Tankers Says "No Proof" on Brazil Spill Connection". The Maritime Executive. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
4. ^ Nigel Lowry (2019-10-03). "Greek tanker owners moving to LNG". Lloyd's List. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
5. ^ a b "Delta tankers says Brazil has not not contacted them over oil leak". Reuters. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
6. ^ "'No proof' Greek vessel activity led to oil leak off Brazil coast: ship manager". Reuters. 2 November 2019. idUSKBN1XC0CR. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
7. ^ National Agency on Corruption Prevention (7 August 2023). "The status of five Greek shipping companies was restored in the list of war sponsors". Government of Ukraine.
8. ^ Lynsey Chutel (29 August 2024). "Here's What We Know About the Oil Tanker Stuck in the Red Sea". The New York Times.
9. ^ "Salvage operation of MV Sounion oil tanker about to start, no signs of oil spill, EU naval mission says". Reuters. 2 September 2024.

## External links

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* Official website