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| | Solva_6ZGM History in english |
 | | In September 1977 the tanker was sold for 12'287'000.- USD to Afran Transport Co., Monrovia (Gulf Oil Company, later taken over by Chevron), and then to Afran Bahamas Ltd., Monrovia and renamed "AFRAN WAVE". |
 | | The crude oil tanker was divided into 12 cargo tanks with a total capacity of 157583 m3. |
 | | In West Africa the tanker used to load at offshore terminals, located about 10 to 20 miles from the coast, moored to a SPM-buoy (Single Point Mooring buoy), such as the terminals of Brass River, Pennington, Escravos, Bonny in Nigeria, Kole and Moudi in Cameroon, Djeno in Congo, just to name a few. |
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