Hafnia Tankers will welcome US owner Transportation Recovery Fund (TRF) as the first member of its recently launched chemical tanker pool
TRF has an ownership stake in nearly 50 ships in the bulk, chemical, crude and container segments. Over the coming months, TRF will enter seven vessels into the Hafnia Chemical Pool, with six being sister vessels of Hafnia’s chemical handy fleet. The remaining vessel is the sister of Hafnia’s chemical V-class medium range vessels.
With this chemical pool launch, Hafnia furthers its overall pool management offering. Last month the company announced a new LR2 pool called the Hafnia LR2 Pool, partnering with ship manager Reederei Nord and navigation technology provider Chartworld.
On launching the chemical pool and welcoming TRF, Hafnia head of chemicals Atle Sebjornsen said, “We are extremely pleased to extend our pool offering and be able to attract such a renowned and discerning partner at this early stage of our venture into the chemical segment.”
“This bears a true testament to the strength of Hafnia’s reputation and ability in efficiently trading ships across all cargo types and regions. We thank TRF for their trust and look forward to a long-term collaborative partnership with them and other interested parties.”
The global trading of Hafnia´s chemical fleet will be overseen from the company’s Dubai offices, encompassing a full operations, chartering and technical team.
With the launch of the Chemical Pool, Hafnia will operate over 240 product and chemical tankers across their commercial platforms, from worldwide offices in Singapore, Dubai, Copenhagen and Houston.
Earlier this year, Hafnia acquired 12 LR1s from Scorpio Tankers, posted profits of US$163M for its time charter equivalent in Q1 2022 and is looking to raise US$100M in capital.
