Navig8 Product Tankers Inc. (N-OTC: EIGHT), an international shipping company focused on the transportation of petroleum products, yesterday announced that it has taken delivery of the Navig8 Gauntlet, a 113,000 DWT LR2 tanker from Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited (GSI), formerly CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) Company Limited.

Navig8 Product Tankers takes delivery of its sixth LR2 from Guangzhou Shipyard

The Navig8 Gauntlet is the sixth of eight vessels contracted at GSI to be delivered to the Company and is the sixth vessel to be delivered under the sale and leaseback agreements entered into with CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company Limited (CSSC) announced on June 25, 2015. Following delivery from GSI, the Navig8 Gauntlet was delivered to CSSC under the terms of the Sale MOA and then delivered back to the Company under bareboat charter.

The Navig8 Gauntlet will be entered into and operated in Navig8 Group’s Alpha8 commercial pool.

Source: Navig8