VASILIKI – IMO 9344588

ex SURMENE KA / ADVANCE 8 – Greek Coastal Chemical and Oil-Products Tanker

VASILIKI is a Greek-flagged chemical and oil-products tanker built in China in 2005, today closely associated with the coastal petroleum-distribution and bunkering trades of Piraeus and the wider Greek market.

The vessel was originally completed as ADVANCE 8 before entering Turkish service as SURMENE KA. After more than a decade under her Turkish identity, she transferred to Greek ownership at the beginning of 2018 and became:

VASILIKI.

At approximately 96 metres in length, 2,983 GT and 3,945 tonnes deadweight, the tanker is particularly suited to regional fuel transportation between mainland terminals and Greek island ports.

She remains fully active in 2026, sailing under the Greek flag with Piraeus as her home port.

Vessel Details

Current Name: VASILIKI

Former Names: SURMENE KA, ADVANCE 8

IMO: 9344588

MMSI: 241597000

Call Sign: SVCT5

Type: Chemical / Oil Products Tanker – Bunkering Tanker

Flag: Greece

Port of Registry: Piraeus

Built: 2005

Builder: Yangzhou Kejin Shipyard, Jiangdu, China

Current Registered Owner: SEKA 02 Maritime Co.

Current Manager / ISM: Master Marin Shipping Co.

Class: Bureau Veritas

Gross Tonnage: 2,983 GT

Deadweight: 3,945 t

Length Overall: 95.80 m

Beam: 15.20 m

Draught: approx. 5.1 m

Current Status: Active.

Built in China

The vessel was constructed in:

2005

at:

Yangzhou Kejin Shipyard

in Jiangdu, China.

Her relatively compact dimensions and approximately 4,000-tonne deadweight were well suited from the beginning to regional tanker operations rather than long-distance deep-sea transportation.

This type of vessel is particularly useful where cargoes must be delivered to smaller petroleum terminals that cannot accommodate much larger tankers.

ADVANCE 8

The vessel's earliest recorded name was:

ADVANCE 8.

This identity appears to have been relatively short-lived during the period immediately around construction.

By:

April 2005

the tanker had entered a substantially longer commercial chapter.

SURMENE KA

The vessel became:

SURMENE KA

under the:

Turkish flag.

This remained her principal identity for almost thirteen years.

As SURMENE KA, the tanker operated in regional petroleum and chemical-product transportation in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea trading environment.

SURMENE KA → VASILIKI

In:

January 2018

IMO 9344588 transferred to the:

Greek flag

and was renamed:

VASILIKI.

The principal name sequence is therefore:

ADVANCE 8 → SURMENE KA → VASILIKI

The Greek identity has now lasted for more than eight years.

Greek Ownership

Current vessel records identify:

SEKA 02 Maritime Co.

of Piraeus as registered owner.

Management and ISM responsibilities are associated with:

Master Marin Shipping Co.

also based in the Piraeus maritime community.

This gives the ship a direct operational and corporate connection with Greece's largest commercial port.

Greek Coastal Petroleum Trades

VASILIKI works primarily in:

Greek coastal fuel and petroleum distribution.

Her dimensions allow her to combine reasonable cargo capacity with access to comparatively small terminals.

Recent operating patterns have included ports and petroleum facilities such as:

Piraeus

Elefsis

Kali Limenes

and:

Sousaki.

Piraeus and Perama

The tanker has become a familiar working ship in the wider Piraeus maritime area.

She has been photographed repeatedly around:

Piraeus

and:

Perama.

A documented appearance at Perama on:

27 April 2022

shows VASILIKI preparing for a voyage toward Elefsis.

A Working Bunkering Tanker

Although classed broadly as a:

Chemical / Oil Products Tanker,

the vessel is also frequently described as a:

bunkering tanker.

This reflects the practical nature of her work.

Rather than carrying huge deep-sea parcels of crude oil, vessels of this size frequently transport refined fuels and marine products between:

storage terminals,

industrial ports,

islands,

and ships requiring bunkers.

PiraeuShips in 2020

PiraeuShips published the dedicated:

VASILIKI – IMO 9344588

entry in:

June 2020.

The original profile correctly recorded:

2,983 GT

3,945 DWT

95 m length

Greek flag

and:

Piraeus home port.

It also preserved the vessel's earlier names:

SURMENE KA

and:

ADVANCE 8.

Still Active in 2026

VASILIKI remains fully operational in:

2026.

Recent AIS information continues to place the vessel in the:

Aegean Sea

and around:

Piraeus.

September 2026 tracking showed the ship moored at Piraeus under her established:

Greek flag

MMSI 241597000

and:

call sign SVCT5.

More than twenty years after construction, the tanker therefore continues essentially the same regional petroleum role for which her size and layout remain particularly suitable.

Piraeus Connection

VASILIKI has a particularly strong connection with Piraeus.

She is:

Greek flagged

registered at Piraeus

owned by Piraeus interests

managed from Piraeus

and repeatedly operates between the port and nearby petroleum terminals.

The PiraeuShips footage therefore records not simply a visiting vessel but a working member of the wider Piraeus tanker fleet.

PiraeuShips Record

VASILIKI was recorded by PiraeuShips during the continuing Greek chapter of a regional chemical and oil-products tanker career extending back to 2005. Built at Yangzhou Kejin Shipyard in China and originally known briefly as ADVANCE 8, the vessel spent almost thirteen years under the Turkish flag as SURMENE KA before transferring to Greek ownership and becoming VASILIKI in January 2018. Today the 3,945-dwt tanker is registered at Piraeus, owned by SEKA 02 Maritime and managed by Master Marin Shipping, while continuing regular petroleum and bunkering operations around Piraeus, Elefsis and other Greek terminals. Still fully active in 2026, VASILIKI represents the compact coastal tanker fleet that performs an essential but often overlooked role in Greek maritime logistics.

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