Moving towards a more sustainable and efficient era TEN has recently delivered its S-MAX DP class 2 Shuttle Tankers M/T ATHENS 04 and M/T PARIS 24. The naming ceremony of the ships took place on the April 25th, 2025 at Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
M/T ATHENS 04 and M/T PARIS 24 were blessed by Father Epifanios.
M/T ATHENS 04, raised the Malta Flag and is classed under DNV.
Main particulars are as follows:
DWT: 155,254.6 mt
LOA:278.133 m
DNV CLASS NOTATION: +1A, Tanker for Oil, ESP, CSR, E0, DYNPOS(AUTR), BOW LOADING, SPM F(A, M, C), NAUT(AW), TMON(oil lubricated), BIS, LCS, BWM(E(s), T), VCS(2), COAT-PSPC(B, C), Recyclable, PLUS, Clean, Cyber Secure(Essential, +*), ER(SCR), Mooring(D)(*Note: DP and Bow loading system are included in the qualifier “+”).
Vessels sponsors for ATHENS 04 were: Mrs. Wei-Ling Sim - Head of Global Transportation-OCBC & Mrs. Angeline Teo Soo Ming - Senior Charterer - TotalEnergies Singapore.
PARIS 24: Mrs. Emilie Cousin - Wife of Mr. Jerome Cousin, Senior Vice President Shipping Trading and Shipping - TotalEnergies Trading SA & Mrs. In Young Jeong, Wife of Mr. Bock Kyu Kim KDB Vice Chairman.
The Naming Ceremony was attended by :
Dr. Nikolas P. Tsakos - Founder and CEO of TEN Ltd. , Mr. Panos N. Tsakos - Commercial Dept. London Office - Tsakos Group, Mr. Stavros Kounalakis - Fund Manager - EPK Emerging Technology Ventures, Mr. Antonis Tsimplakis - Journalist Head of Shipping - Naftemporiki, Mr. Vassileios Papageorgiou - Vice Chairman Tsakos Group, Professor Michael Fan - Chief Technology and Innovation Officer TEN Ltd., Mr. Dimitrios Bertolis - Chief Investment Officer TEN Ltd., Mr. Eleftherios Pavlides - Head of Ship Finance Tsakos Group, Mr. Nikos Sazaklis - Commercial Director Tsakos Shipping and Trading S.A., Mrs. Glykeria Volika-Tsakos - Tsakos Shipping and Trading S.A. Tankers Time-charter Manager, Mr. Konstantinos Chang - Managing Director Lugano Shipping Singapore, Mrs. Kleopatra Koropoulis - Purchasing Dept. Tsakos Shipping and Trading S.A. - Mr. Dimitrios Psaradakis New Building - Technical Manager Tsakos Shipping and Trading S.A., Capt. Georgios Proios Tanker Fleet 1 Operations Manager Tsakos Shipping and Trading S.A., Mrs. Elisavet Nissioti - Vetting Officer Tsakos Shipping and Trading S.A., Mr. Spyridon Antonopoulos Superintendent Engineer Tsakos Shipping and Trading S.A., Mr. Ilias Nioras - Superintendent Electrician Tsakos Shipping and Trading S.A., Mrs. Konstantina Mika Flerianou - Accountant TEN Ltd., Mrs. Efi Perdikouri - Treasury Dept. Tsakos Group, Mr. Andreas Giannakopoulos - Tsakos Group, Dr. Maira Karabayas - Tsakos Group.
Distinguished Guests of TotalEnergies Trading S.A.: Mr. Jerome Cousin - Senior Vice President Shipping Trading and Shipping with his children Louis, Cesar and Thomas, Mr. Bertrand Minguet - General Manager Crude and Fuel chartering Trading and Shipping, Mr. Dan Lascar - Crude Time Charterer Trading and Shipping, Mr. Perre-Yves Duclos - Site Manager Qatar Energy LNG NFXP Shipping.
Distinguished Guests of KDB: Mr. Bock Kyu Kim - Vice Chairman, Mr. Hyuk Jae Lee - Team Hea Secretary Team, Mr. Hyong Mook Cheong - General Manager PF3, Mr. Jae Jin Bae - Team Head Shipping Finance Team, Mr. Bo Gwang Kim - Manager Shipping Finance Team.
Distinguished Guest of OCBC: Mr. Ian Thia Yee MEng - Global Transportation Global Corporate banking.
Distinguished Guest of Clarksons : Mr. Petter Andrup - Global Head Dynamically Positioned Shuttle tanker Projects Clarksons Norway AS.
Distinguished Guests of HMM Ocean Service Co., Ltd.: Mr. Gyou Bong Kim - President and CEO and Mr. Gwang Jo Jeong - Head of Ship Management Division 2.
Distinguished Guest of Kyungjin Agents Mr. Philip Cho.
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. was represented by : Mr. S.A. Choi - Vice Chairman and CEO, Mr. S.I. Oh - Marketing Division EVP and CMO, Mr. H.K. Bae - Production Division Vice President, Mr. S.H. Kim - Machinery Engineering Team Vice President, Mr. J.K. Yoon - Shipbuilding Marketing Team Vice President, Mr. Gilbert Yoon - Manager Sales and Marketing Group, M. S.H. Eom - Professional Sales and Marketing Group, Mr. M.J. Kim - Contract Implementation Management Group Manager, Mr. Han Gi Hwang - Project Manager, Mr. Poong Kim - Contract Implementation Management Group Senior Engineer, Mr. Y.S. Shin - Contract Implementation Management Group Professional, Mrs. J.Y. Jo - Contract Implementation Management Group - MC, Ms. G.R. Kim - Contract Implementation Management Group Professional, Mr. D.H Son - Shipbuilding PM Group Manager, Mr. G.H. Han - Shipbuilding PM Group Professional, Mr. Hwang You Don - Engineering Manager, Mr. B.S. Seo - Communication Group Videographer, Ms. E.H. Jang - Communication Group Photographer, Mr. O.M. Kim - Communication Group Photographer, Mr. T.J. Kim - Manager KOSSCO, Ms. Vivianne Seo - MC & Coordinator KOSSCO, Mr. Jeong Bo Yoon - Electrical Power Sea Trials Team 1, Mr. Jang Jeong Pil - Electrical -Auto Sea Trials Team 1, Mr. Kim Jong Onn - Machinery Sea Trials Team 2, Mr. Song Geun Hui - Hull Sea Trials Team 2, Mr. Jeong Min Ho - Hull Sea Trials Team 2
Class DNV was represented by: Mr. Vidar Dolonen - Regional Manger Korea and Japan Maritime, Mr. Flemming Mose Christensen - Area Manager Korea and Mr. Dario Brkic - Head of NB Service Line and Area BDM NB, Mr. Dae Wook Kim - Station Manager, Mr. Vladimir Tonic - Project Manager.
TEN’s Site Office Team was represented by Mr. Emmanouil Zisis - Site Manager, Mr. Sang Kwi Hwang – Deputy Site Manager / Senior Hull supervisor, Mr. Seong Min Jeong - Senior Paint Supervisor, Mr. Christos Karabayas - HSE Officer / Hull and Outfitting Supervisor, Mr. Ha Neul - Electrical Supervisor, Mr. Ajith Kithsiri - Senior Electrical Supervisor, Mr. Theofilos Logiopoulos - Machinery Supervisor.
Ceremony was attended by ATHENS 04 officers and crew: Capt. Georgios Vichos Stamatopoulos - Master, Mr. Georgios Gialouris - Cheng, Mr. Ioannis Droukas - Chief Officer, Mr. Kenneth Benz Casinao - 2nd Officer, Mr. Ernie Ybanez - 2nd Officer, Mr. Pedrito Torino - 2nd Officer, Mr. Markellos Maris - 2nd Engineer, Mr. Dischoso Chito 3rd Engineer, Mr. Konstantinos Kakalis - 3rd Engineer, Mr. Vladimer Jijavadze - Electrician.
To the Master of M/T ATHENS 04, Captain Georgios Vichos Stamatopoulos, Chief Engineer of M/T ATHENS 04, Mr. Georgios Gialouris, Officers and Crew, TEN extended its warmest Congratulations and wholehearted wishes for Smooth and Prosperous journeys and Calm Seas.
KALORIZIKO, KALOTAXIDO KAI TO KARFI TOU MALAMA
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