South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) reports that it has successfully docked a 228-m oil tanker at the Port of Durban’s historic Prince Edward Graving Dock, which was first commissioned in 1924. The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker,Troy, is 228 m in length, has an extreme breadth of 32.2 m, a deadweight capacity of 73 180 t, and is the first vessel of its size to utilise the ship repair facility in more than a decade.

The vessel will remain in the dock for the next 10 days while specialist teams carry out maintenance, repairs and statutory inspections required for its continued operation.

South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) reports that it has successfully docked a 228-m oil tanker at the Port of Durban’s historic Prince Edward Graving Dock,…